Eidw Board Set

Front 1

What does GBS stand for?

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Global Broadcast System

Front 2

(True/False) Naval Base Everett is one of two main launch facilities.

Back 2

FALSE

Front 3

(True/False) Kennedy Space Center is one of two main launch facilites.

Back 3

TRUE

Front 4

______________ is the point in the orbit of an object in which it is nearest away from the center of the earth.

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Perigee

Front 5

______________ is the point in the orbit of an object in which it is farthest away from the center of the earth.

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Apogee

Front 6

What orbit is approximately in excess of 800 miles above the earths surface?

Back 6

Medium Earth Orbit

Front 7

What orbit is approximately 150-800 miles above the earths surface?

Back 7

Low Earth Orbit

Front 8

__________ is the stream of particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun.

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Solar Wind

Front 9

What has the biggest effect on the space environment?

Back 9

The Sun

Front 10

__________ provides freedom of action in space for friendly forces and when directed denies it to an adversary.

Back 10

Space Control

Front 11

__________ is mission support for spacelift operations, satellite operations, sustaining, and reconstitution of space forces?

Back 11

Space Support

Front 12

In addition to Solar/Lunar data what else can be found in an almanac?

Back 12

Tidal Data

Front 13

What is the purpose of an almanac?

Back 13

Solar/Lunar and Tidal Data

Front 14

What COR is for winds expected within 12 hours?

Back 14

COR 1

Front 15

What COR is for winds expected within 24 hours?

Back 15

COR 2

Front 16

What COR is for winds expected within 48 hours?

Back 16

COR 3

Front 17

What COR is for winds expected within 72 hours?

Back 17

COR 4

Front 18

What COR is for winds expected within 96 hours?

Back 18

COR 5

Front 19

What warning is for up to 1" of snow in 12 hours?

Back 19

Winter Storm Advisory

Front 20

What warning is for ice accumulation of less than 1/4"?

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Freezing Precipitation Advisory

Front 21

What warning is for moderate to heavy snow with blizzard conditions?

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Winter Storm Warning

Front 22

(True/False) FWC issues tsunami warnings.

Back 22

FALSE

Front 23

(True/False) NWS issues flash flood warnings.

Back 23

TRUE

Front 24

(True/False) FWC issues tornado warnings.

Back 24

FALSE

Front 25

What warning is for TS within 25NM or on station within 6 hours with winds greater than 50 kts or hail grater than 1"?

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Front 26

What warning is for TS within 10NM or on station within 1 hour with winds greater than 50kts or hail greater than 1"?

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Front 27

The ______ is th upper layer of the three layered ocean model.

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Mixed layer

Front 28

The ______ is the central layer of the three layered ocean model.

Back 28

Thermocline

Front 29

The ______ is the bottom layer of the three ocean model.

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Deep Layer

Front 30

Sound speed _________ at lower temperatures.

Back 30

Decreases

Front 31

Sound speed _________ as pressure increases.

Back 31

Increases

Front 32

The effect of __________ is near constant on the open ocean.

Back 32

Salinity

Front 33

What does GEOINT stand for?

Back 33

Geospatial Intelligence

Front 34

METOC data is considered an ___________ layer of GEOINT information base.

Back 34

Intelligence

Front 35

What does ASW stand for?

Back 35

Anti-Submarine Warfare

Front 36

What does NSW stand for?

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Naval Special Warfare

Front 37

What doe MIW stand for?

Back 37

Mine Warfare

Front 38

(True/False) SEAD is part of air defense operations.

Back 38

TRUE

Front 39

(True/False) METOC has no impacts to humanitarian missions.

Back 39

FALSE

Front 40

What does IW satnd for?

Back 40

Information Warfare

Front 41

What does CBR stand for?

Back 41

Chemical, Biological and Radiological

Front 42

What does STW stand for?

Back 42

Strike Warfare

Front 43

___________ is a change in the direction of a wave due to a change in its speed.

Back 43

Stand Refraction

Front 44

___________ bends the beam towards the earth.

Back 44

Super-refraction

Front 45

__________ bends the beam away from the earth.

Back 45

Sub-refraction

Front 46

__________ occurs within evaporative ducts, surface based ducts, elevated ducts.

Back 46

Trapping

Front 47

What warning has winds 18-33kts with frequent gusts to 25kts?

Back 47

Local wind advisory

Front 48

What warning has winds 34-47kts?

Back 48

Gale Warning

Front 49

What warning has winds in excess of 48kts?

Back 49

Storm Warning

Front 50

What warning has winds 18-33kts with frequent gusts to 25kts and includes seas?

Back 50

Small Craft Warning

Front 51

What warning is for TS within 10NM or on station within 1 hour?

Back 51

Thunderstorm warning

Front 52

What warning is for TS within 25NM or on station within 6 hours?

Back 52

Thunderstorm Watch

Front 53

When the visibility surrounding the station is not uniformly equal in all direction and the difference is oeprationally significant, then each are with a different visibility is designated a __________?

Back 53

Sector visibility

Front 54

Any prevailing visibility observed from an elevation or location other than the official observation site is considered________?

Back 54

Differing level visibility

Front 55

__________ is a suspension of small visible water droplets (or ice crystals) in the air that reduces horizontal and/or vertical visibility at the earth's surface.

Back 55

Fog

Front 56

__________ usually form on the edge of the wall cloud or near the wall cloud at the rear of the storm.

Back 56

Funnel Clouds

Front 57

__________ is a tornado of water.

Back 57

Waterspout

Front 58

__________ has winds near the center that are constantly between 20 and 34 knots.

Back 58

Tropical Depression

Front 59

__________ has winds that are between 35-64 knots.

Back 59

Tropical Storm

Front 60

__________ has winds in excess of 64 knots.

Back 60

Hurricane

Front 61

__________ has the biggest impacts on shore and shipboard flight operations.

Back 61

Visibility

Front 62

__________ impacts radar performance and electro-optical systems performance.

Back 62

Precipitation

Front 63

__________ can have significant impacts to aviation operations depending on speed and direction.

Back 63

Winds

Front 64

__________ can have significant impacts to operations based on heights and thickness.

Back 64

Cloud Cover

Front 65

__________ has the biggest impacts to ground troop movements and special operations.

Back 65

Temperature and Humidity

Front 66

How many types of oceanographic eddies are there?

Back 66

2

Front 67

__________ is the measurement and recording of subsurface water temperature at various depths.

Back 67

Bathythermograph

Front 68

__________ are waves generated by wind in the local area.

Back 68

Wind waves

Front 69

__________ is the vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough of a wave.

Back 69

Wave Height

Front 70

__________ is the time it takes for a complete wave cycle to pas a specific point.

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Wave Period

Front 71

__________ are seas that have moved out and away from the area in which they were formed.

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Swell Waves

Front 72

__________ is a current that flows away from the shore.

Back 72

Ebb

Front 73

__________ is a current that flows toward the shore.

Back 73

Flood

Front 74

__________ breakers that occur with moderate to steep beach slope.

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Plunging

Front 75

__________ breakers that occur with a gentle and flat beach slope.

Back 75

Spilling

Front 76

__________ breakers that occur with a very steep slope.

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Surging

Front 77

What will not have an impact on USW operations?

Back 77

Humidity

Front 78

(True/False) Ocean surface, subsurface, and littoral conditions can all have significant impacts to USW operations.

Back 78

TRUE