Meteorology – Homework 2
1.
What name is given to the ratio of water vapour present in the air compared to the amount the same volume
could hold if it were saturated?
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2.
On a weather map, what are lines joining places of equal temperature?
a)
b)
c)
d)
3.
Isobars
Isotherms
Dew Point
Saturation
What are the standard lapse rates?
ICAO:
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Dry:
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Wet:
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4.
What does the word “Arctic” mean in an air mass name?
a)
b)
c)
d)
5.
Cold
Moderate
Cool
Moist
What cloud will produce continuous rain?
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6.
What fog forms when warm moist air moves over a cold surface?
a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
Radiation fog
Advection fog
Upslope fog
Frontal fog
What are the three requirements for thunderstorm development:
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8.
180 Mosquito Sqn
PGS 2012
In what stage of a thunderstorm are updrafts the strongest?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Initial
Mature
Dissipating
Both B and C