Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – NZ Climate

Does the east coast or west coast experience higher annual temperature change?
East
With regards to Tauranga (with the Kaimai ranges to the south) where would you expect most of the cloud to sit with a northerly wind?
Overhead the airfield
With regards to Tauranga (with the Kaimai ranges to the south) where would you expect the best visibility with regards to a westerly wind?
East of the ranges

( from a question pool of 13 )

quiz me on – Temperature & heat exchange

Select all the influences that change the amount of incoming solar radiation?
Clouds, dust, water vapor
What location will receive more solar radiation?
Equator
What does diurnal mean?
24 hour cycle

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

The condensation process, during which water vapor turns to liquid, requires what?
Condensation nuclei
Super saturation
When the temperature of air increases with height, this is known as?
Inversion

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

What is an isobar?
Line of equal pressure
When the Earths surface warms air particles through touching the surface is what?
Conduction
What units are displayed on barometers?
hPa

( from a question pool of 28 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere

With regards to latitude, where on the Earths surface receives the most solar radiation?
Equator
Is the tropopause higher or lower over the poles?
Lower
A ridge is an extension to what?
High

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads BKN ?
5-7 oktas
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 3-4 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
SCT

One is 

1

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What is the ionosphere propagation effect?
Results from charged particles in the atmosphere interfering with satellite signal travel times
What type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude
What does secondary radar require?
Transponder

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

AGL is
height above ground level
the vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point measured from mean sea level
Altitude is
Height is
the vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point measured from a specific datum and includes the vertical dimension of an object

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

A Metre is
a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards or 3.3 feet
the length of the arc of a great circle which subtends an angle of 1' (minute) of a degree at the centre of the Earth and is equal to 6,076 feet (1,852 meters)
A Nautical mile (nm) is
Indicated airspeed (IAS) is
the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

Compass bearing is
the direction from us to another object - expressed as Compass bearing
Magnetic Pole is
either of two variable points on the earth's surface towards which a magnetic needle points
Latitude of a place is
its angular distance in degrees North or South from the equator

( from a question pool of 31 )