Air Masses and Interactions
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- Q11. Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from?maritime tropical air massescontinental polar air massescontinental tropical air massesmaritime polar air masses120s
- Q22. When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass, the result is a(n)?cold frontstationary front.warm frontoccluded front120s
- Q33. When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)?warm frontstationary frontoccluded frontcold front120s
- Q44. What kind of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States?monsoon rainshot and drywarm and moistcold and moist120s
- Q55. When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, it forms a (n)?warm frontcold frontoccluded frontstationary front120s
- Q66. Which air mass is likely to bring dry weather to the United States?FECA120s
- Q77. Which air mass is maritime polar?ADBF120s
- Q88. Which best describes the temperature and humidity of air mass B?cold and wetwarm and drycold and drywarm and wet120s
- Q99. Which best describes the temperature and humidity of air mass F?cold and wetwarm and drycold and drywarm and wet120s
- Q1010. What air mass is represented at this location?maritime tropicalcontinental polarcontinental tropicalmaritime polar120s
- Q1111. What air mass is represented at this location?continental tropicalmaritime tropicalcontinental polarmaritime polar120s
- Q12Modified True/False : Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase in parenthesis to make the statement true. 12. Cold, humid air masses that bring fog to the West Coast are (continental)MaritimeContinentalPolarTrue120s
- Q13Modified True/False : Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase in parenthesis to make the statement true. 13. At a Warm front, warm air meets and moves (over) cold air. _____________sidewaysTruerisessinks120s
- Q14Modified True/False : Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase in parenthesis to make the statement true. 14. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix is called a(n) (jet stream).condensationinfiltrationFrontTrue120s
- Q15Completion: Complete each statement. 15. A ____________________ front may bring many days of rain because neither air mass can move the other.occludedwarmcoldstationary120s
