Chapter 19: Weather Elements

Question 1

Moist and warm air mass formed over subtropical waters

Answer 1

Maritime tropical

Question 2

Body of air with generally the same temperature and moisture content

Answer 2

Air mass

Question 3

Boundary between two air masses

Answer 3

Front

Question 4

Cold and dry air masses

Answer 4

Continental polar

Question 5

What kind of fog results when moist air is blown over a cold surface?

Answer 5

Advection fog

Question 6

What kind of fog results when moist air is carried by wind up a mountain until the air is cooled?

Answer 6

Upslope fog

Question 7

What kind of fog is actually a cloud?

Answer 7

High-inversion fog

Question 8

What kind of fog forms at night when the land surface cools the air above it to below the dew point?

Answer 8

Radiation fog

Question 9

Whatever the atmosphere is doing at any time

Answer 9

Weather

Question 10

What are the general types of clouds?

Answer 10

Cumulus, stratus, cirrus

Question 11

All other types of clouds come from the three general types and are classified according to

Answer 11

Height (above the Earth’s surface)

Question 12

Stratocumulus is likely to produce precipitation in the form of

Answer 12

Rain or snow

Question 13

Altostratus produces moderate ____ ____

Answer 13

Surface winds

Question 14

The cloud most associated with violent weather

Answer 14

Cumulonimbus

Question 15

What three clouds have no types of precipitation associated with them?

Answer 15

Cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus

Question 16

What clouds are closest to the surface of the earth?

Answer 16

Fog & Stratus
(stratus and stratocumulus)

Question 17

Wind shear involves changes in speed and direction of the wind ___, ___, ___.

Answer 17

Horizontally, downwards, upwardly

Question 18

A microburst is a threat to aviation and is associated with

Answer 18

Thunderstorms

Question 19

A piling up of rounded masses

Answer 19

Cumulus

Question 20

An occluded front occurs when a warm air mass is sandwiched between two cold air masses.

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

A stationary front has a lot of movement along its edge

Answer 21

FALSE

Question 22

A cold front’s general direction is from southeast to northwest

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

Warm fronts are usually associated with low-pressure cells.

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

The term lenticular results from the concave-shaped cloud that forms over mountains.

Answer 24

TRUE

Question 25

Fracto is a term only associated with rain clouds

Answer 25

FALSE
(Associated with various cloud types; means “broken” or “ragged”)

Question 26

Terrain factors may be one of the factors causing clear air turbulence (CAT)

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

The turbulence classifications of light, moderate, severe are the same for all pilots

Answer 27

FALSE

Question 28

Wake turbulence is produced by large aircraft only on landing

Answer 28

FALSE