Meteorology Exams (ALL) ⋆ Flexwing Scotland

#1. A cloud with a “Cauliflower” shaped top is called a :

Small Cumulus

Large Cumulus

Strato – Cumulus

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 126 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#2. The rate at which temperature drops with height is called:

Wave Effect

Rotor Effect

Lapse Rate

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 121 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#3. Air on meeting mountains will rise to pass over them. As it does so, it will cool adiabatically and form cloud. This cloud is called:

Orographic

Cirrus

Stratos

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 133 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#4. If the Wind changes from South-West to West it will said to be :

Backing

Blowing

Veering

Veening

Blocking

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 111 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#5. Which of these statements is correct?

Density of a “parcel” of air increases as the air gets thinner with height

Density of a “parcel” of air decrease as the air gets thinner with height

Density of a “parcel” of air remains the same as the air gets thinner with height

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 106 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#6. Aircraft should always take off:

Into Tailwind

Into Crosswind

Into Headwind

Sorry – Wrong answer. Ref Page 114 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#7. Dew Point refers to :

Humidity

Time

Temperature

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 124 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#8. If ELR is Greater than the DALR, conditions are said to be :

Stable

Unstable

Reactive

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 131 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#9. Geostrophic Winds flow:

Clockwise round a Depression

Anti- Clockwise round an Anticyclone

Clockwise round an Anticyclone

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 111 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#10. DALR is an Abbreviation for:

Dry Adriabatic Lattitude Rate

Dry Adriatic Lapse Rate

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 123 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#11. Colder Air from the tops of the mountains rolls down the slopes into the lower ground. This is called:

Cross Wind

Katabatic Wind

Adiabatic Wind

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 113 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#12. Air Masses – The Polar Continental type is classed as:

Warm/Dry

Cold/Moist

Cold/Dry

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 134 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#13. If the take-off speed of an aircraft is 45 mph and there is a 10 mph headwind, what groundspeed will the aircraft take off?

35 mph

25 mph

45 mph

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 114 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#14. As Relative Humidity Increases:

Density remains the same

Density Increases

Density Decreases

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 107 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#15. The part of the atmosphere, where all of the weather takes place is called:

Tropopause

Troposhere

Stratosphere

Bluesphere

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 122 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#16. High Pressure is also known as :

Anti Depression

Anti Cyclone

Anti Margaret

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 140 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#17. Disturbed air left behind an aircraft is called:

Wave Effect

Rotor Effect

Wake Turbulence

Sorry Wrong answer – Ref Page 120 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#18. Up to approx 6,000 feet the SALR cools at :

1.5 Degrees Celsius per 1000 Feet

A variable rate

3 Degrees Celsius per 1000 feet

Sorry – wrong answer. Ref Page 123 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

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