Fronts
These boundaries seperate two different air masses
This type of front can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain and cooler temperatures
What is a cold front
This is a large body of air with similar temperature and humidity throughout
These are the 2 types of Clouds
What are Cumulus and Stratus
This Instrument is used to denote the current altitude of and aircraft
What is an Altimeter
This Front forms when cold air pushes under warm air, forcing it to rise
What is a Cold Front
This type of front often brings steady rain and warmer temperatures
What is a warm front
This air mass forms over cold land and brings cold, dry weather.
These clouds are thin, wispy, and found high in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds
This Instrument Measures your speed through the air
What is the ASI (Airspeed Indicator)
The front forms when warm air moves over cold air
What is a Warm Front
This is what warm air does when it meets colder, denser air
What is Rise
This air mass forms over warm oceans and brings hot, humid weather.
What is Maritime Tropical
These dark, thick clouds often bring heavy rain and thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds
The Body of an Airplane
This front occurs when two air masses meet but neither one moves the other
What is a stationary front
This type of front can cause cloudy skies and several days of rain
What is a stationary front
This air mass forms over hot land areas and brings hot, dry weather.
What is Continental Tropical
These clouds are white, fluffy and look like cotton balls.
What are Cumulus Clouds
The part of the plane that controls yaw
What is the Rudder
What is an occluded front
This is the boundary where cold polar air meets warm tropical air
What is the Polar Front
This air mass forms over cold oceans and brings cool, moist weather
What is Maritime Polar
In this Metar:
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Where is the Ceiling?
What is 500 Ft
The two types of drag
What are parasitic and induced