Air masses and fronts
weather maps
ocean currents-surface
Ocean currents-deep
100

for a cold front what does the cold air mass do to the warm air mass

it pushes the warm mass up

100

on a weather map what does H mean

high pressure

100

which wind drives surface waves

global

100

are deep currents far below water or on the surface

what is far below water
200

for a warm air front to form what does the warm air mass do to the cold air mass

it goes over the cold air mass

200

on a weather map what does L mean

low pressure

200

what are global winds fueled from

the sun

200

what are 2 factors of deep currents 

 what is tempature and salinity

300

what does cold fronts bring

brings stormy strong weather

300

what does c in cT stand for

continental

300

what does the coriolis effect do on currents

it bends the path of the current

300

where are currents/oceans denser

what is by the poles

400

what weather does warm fronts bring

brings warm nice weather

400

on a weather map what do blue triangles mean

a cold front

400

what do surface currents do

they transfer heat from the tropics to the polar areas/regions

400

what do deep currents do

move watter masses through the deep ocean

500

the air in this sinks and gets warmer

a anticyclone

500

name four moistures + temp

cT cP  mT mP

500

do surface currents in the northern hemisphere move counter clockwise or clockwise

clockwise

500

around how much feet are deep currents

 what is around 1000

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