Winds of change - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Science Olympiad Meteorology Latest Update Graded A+ air mass a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height and a source region. Remember cP, cT, mP, mT, cA continental polar (cP) cold, dry stable air mass that forms over land continental tropical (cT) unstable, warm, dry air mass that forms over land Winter - warm and dry Summer - Hot and dry maritime polar (mP) unstable cold, moist air mass that forms over cold oceans-- Winte...

GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers "WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle...

Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

ATSC 113 Flying Midterm Exam Questions with All Correct Answers How does statically stable conditions affect flight - Answer- -forms near ground at night, clear skies, light winds -non-turbulent -oscillates as mountain-wave, drain into valleys, or form K-H turbulence waves How does statically neutral conditions affect flight - Answer- -overcast, mod-strong winds -non-turbulent, but wind shear can change easily -hitting mountain causes wake turbulence How does statically unstable c...

NIFE WEATHER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED What are the percentages of gases in pure, dry air? 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% other gases What percent is water vapor in the atmosphere? 0-5% by volume What is the troposphere? Layer adjacent to the Earth's surface Where does all weather occur? Troposphere In the troposhpere, what happens to the temperature with an increase in altitude? Temperature decreases What are the winds like in the troposphere? Winds are light near ...

WX 201 Unit 3 Test Questions with Verified Answers A condition where the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean turns cooler than normal is called La Niña. A dryline is both a dew point front and a boundary marking a strong horizontal change in atmospheric moisture. A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the ____ force and the ____ force. Coriolis; pressure gradient A pilot enters the weather service office and wants to know what time of the day s...

1 MISSOURI BOATING LICENSE EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Bow Correct Answer: Front of the vessel. Stern Correct Answer: Rear of the vessel. Starboard Correct Answer: Right side of the vessel. Port Correct Answer: Left side of the vessel. Hull Correct Answer: Body of the vessel. Gunwale Correct Answer: Upper edge of vessel's side. 2 Cleat Correct Answer: Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened. Propeller Correct Answer: Rotates and...

Aviation Weather Questions and Answers Graded A+ Select all characteristics that help define an airmass. Uniform moisture content Uniform Stability Uniform temperature If an airmass is colder then the ground it is moving over it is a classified as a ______________ cold airmass A maritime tropical airmass generally was what characteristics? Warm temperature, high moisture content, high dew point Typically, an advancing cold airmass has what kind of front on the leading edge? Co...

How often are METARs issues? - Answer-Every hour, or whenever the weather changes and necessitates a change. In that situation, a SPECI (special METAR) is issued. What is a SPECI? - Answer-A special METAR which is created in between the hourly METARs due to a change in weather necessitating the change. -Change of winds necessitating a new runway. -WX changing from IFR to VFR or VFR to IFR. Do METARs describe actual or forecast conditions? - Answer-METARs depict actual field conditions. ...

ELA End-of-Year Test 8th Grade The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Think about the lieutenant's actions involving the coffee. What character trait or traits does the lieutenant display most clearly? A. honesty and fairness B. mathematical genius C. incompetence as a leader D. courage and self-sacrifice Part B Click the highlighted phrase from the text that best supports the answer to Part A. -frowing and serious -drew with his...