Meteorology - BPL Hot Air - Balloon Pilot License

Question 1

What weather development will result from convergence at ground level?

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Ascending air and cloud formation

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Ascending air and cloud dissipation

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Descending air and cloud formation

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Descending air and cloud dissipation

Question 2

The term "tropopause" is defined as...

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The boundary area between the troposphere and the stratosphere

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The layer above the troposphere showing an increasing temperature

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The height above which the temperature starts to decrease

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The boundary area between the mesosphere and the stratosphere

Question 3

What weather conditions can be expected in high pressure areas during winter?

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Calm winds and widespread areas with high fog

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Squall lines and thunderstorms

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Changing weather with passing of frontal lines

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Calm weather and cloud dissipation, few high Cu

Question 4

What weather conditions may be expected during conditionally unstable conditions?

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Towering cumulus, isolated showers of rain or thunderstorms

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Layered clouds up to high levels, prolonged rain or snow

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Shallow cumulus clouds with base at medium levels

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Sky clear of clouds, sunshine, low winds

Question 5

What weather phenomena have to be expected around an upper-level trough?

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Development of showers and thunderstorms (Cb)

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Formation of high stratus clouds, ground-covering cloud bases

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Calm weather, formation of lifted fog layers

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Calm wind, forming of shallow cumulus clouds

Question 6

The barometric altimeter indicates height above...

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A selected reference pressure level

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Mean sea level

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Ground

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Standard pressure 1013.25 hPa

Question 7

Which processes result in decreasing air density?

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Increasing temperature, decreasing pressure

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Increasing temperature, increasing pressure

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Decreasing temperature, decreasing pressure

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Decreasing temperature, increasing pressure

Question 8

What pressure pattern can be observed when a cold front is passing?

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Shortly decreasing, thereafter increasing pressure

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Continually decreasing pressure

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Constant pressure pattern

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Continually increasing pressure

Question 9

What pressure pattern may result from cold-air inflow in high tropospheric layers?

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Formation of a low in the upper troposphere

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Formation of a large ground low

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Alternating pressure

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Formation of a high in the upper troposphere

Question 10

The temperature lapse rate with increasing height within the troposphere according ISA is...

Accepted Answer

0.65° C / 100 m

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1° C / 100 m

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0.6° C / 100 m

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3° C / 100 m

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