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Questions for Pressure

Answer the following questions

1. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for 18,289 FT pressure level (FL 180)?
2. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 30,065 FT pressure level (FL 300)?
3. In what hPa range is an upper weather chart for FL 340 situated?
4. The station pressure used in surface weather charts is
5. The upper wind and temperature chart of 250 hPa corresponds, in a standard atmosphere, to about
6. If you are planning a flight at FL 170, which of these upper wind and temperature charts would be nearest your flight level?
7. In the troposphere the decrease of pressure per 100 m increase in height
8. The QNH at an airfield located 200 metres above sea level is 1009 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QFF?
9. Isobars on a surface chart are lines of equal
10. The greater the pressure gradient the
11. The QFF at an airfield in California located 69 meters below sea level is 1030 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?
12. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 9,882 FT pressure level (FL 100)?
13. How would you characterise an air temperature of -30°C at the 300 hPa level over Western Europe?
14. The isobars drawn on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure
15. When planning a flight at FL 60, which upper wind and temperature chart would be nearest your flight level?
16. The QNH at an airfield in California located 69 meters below sea level is 1018 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C higher than a standard atmosphere. What is the QFF?
17. The QFF at an airfield located 400 metres above sea level is 1016 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C higher than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?
18. If the pressure surfaces bulge upwards in all levels then the pressure system is a
19. he QNH at an airfield located 200 metres above sea level is 1022 hPa. The air temperature is not available. What is the QFF?
20. When planning a flight at FL 110, which upper wind and temperature chart would be nearest your flight level?
21. A 300 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?
22. A 500 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?
23. The QNH at an airfield located 0 meters above sea level is 1022 hPa. The air temperature is not available. What is the QFF?
24. What positions are connected by isobars on the surface weather chart?
25. A 700 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?
26. What is the approximate vertical interval which is equal to a pressure change of 1 hPa at an altitude of 5500m?
27. Half the mass of the atmosphere is found in the first
28. A 200 hPa pressure altitude level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?
29. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 38,662 FT pressure level (FL 390)?
30. The 850 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?
31. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 4781 FT pressure level (FL50)?
32. If you are planning a flight at FL 290, which of these upper wind and temperature charts would be nearest your flight level?
33. Which of the following is true concerning atmospheric pressure?
34. The QFF at an airfield located 400 meters above sea level is 1016 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?
35. If you are flying at FL 100 in an air mass that is 10°C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?