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quiz me on – NZ Climate

If you are flying VFR in a small aircraft, traveling North alongside a mountain range, what side would you be better off flying on with regards to turbulence if there was a strong Westerly wind?
West (Windward)
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
Does the North or South Island experience greater annual temperature fluctuations?
North

( 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
When air particles warm due to being in touch with the Earth's surface, this is called?
Conduction
What gas in the atmosphere protects us from Ultraviolet light?
Ozone

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

When the temperature of air increases with height, this is known as?
Inversion
What process takes place when the ground cools after sunset, and cools the air touching the surface?
Conduction
When flying beneath an inversion, when moisture is readably available, there is an increased risk of?
Carb icing

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

Does higher or lower altitudes have a higher ambient pressure?
Lower
What is terrestrial radiation?
Radiation emitted back into the atmosphere from the Earth
What is the average pressure lapse rate?
1 hPa per 30 feet

( from a question pool of 28 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere

What conditions produce the highest rates of evaporation?
Warm air, dry, low pressure
What is dew point?
100% relative humidity
Condensation is when a water vapor turns to what?
Water liquid

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

One is 

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

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

When a RAIM warning is displayed, it indicates that the minimum level of navigation accuracy displayed is?
Minimum navigation accuracy is not met
What results from water vapor in the tropopause slowing down the satellite signals, which cause ranging errors?
Tropospheric Propagation Effect
What type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

Elevation is
height above sea level
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
the geographical position of an aircraft at a specific time determined by visual reference to features on the ground or by radio navigation aids
A Fix is

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

Relative bearing of an object is the angular difference from the ____ of the aircraft to the object, in a ____ direction?
Nose, clockwise
Indicated airspeed (IAS) is
the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft
A Nautical mile (nm) is
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)

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

The reference plane, which we measure latitude from, is the plane of ____?
Equator
Relative bearing using the clock method is
the bearing relative to the nose of the aircraft, eg Nose = 12 o'clock , Right wing =3 o'clock
True North is
the direction along the Earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole

( from a question pool of 31 )