Air Masses
What is a large clump of air with similar temperatures and humidity?
Air mass
This air mass forms over land in the rainforests.
continental Tropical
This front is represented by blue triangles on a weather map.
Cold front
This front is represented by red circles.
Warm Front
What is the name of the energy source that gives us weather on Earth?
The sun
What air mass is known as cT?
continental Tropical
What air mass stands for cA?
continental Artic
This front forms when cold air pushes warm air to rise
Cold Front
List all the types of Fronts
Cold, Warm, Stationary, Occluded
What is the name of the current are responsible for circulating hot and cold air in the atmosphere and causing local weather systems?
Convection
This air mass forms over land that is cold.
Continental Polar
What does Maritime mean? What word do you remember for this term?
Near the ocean/ Humid
When a moving warm air mass collides with a slowly moving cold air mass and the warm air moves over the cold air.
Warm Front
This air mass is represented by red circles and blue triangles. The circles and triangles are facing opposite directions.
Stationary Front
What does Ms. L always ask you to do before leaving class?
Put your notebook away/organize your notebook + supply crates! or clean up your area.
You are looking at a map and you see the symbol mP. What air mass is present at that location?
maritime Polar
This air mass can bring cold dry air.
continental Polar (cP)
This front is when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and neither one move.
Stationary Front
This front forms when a cold air mass meets a cool air mass with a warm air mass in the middle. The warm air mass gets cut off from the ground and is forced upward to create clouds.
Occluded front
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate = weather patterns over a long period of time
Weather= short term atmospheric conditions, day to day changes
What air mass forms over cold water?
maritime Polar (mP)
This air mass can bring hot and humid weather
maritime Tropical
This front is represented by purple triangles and circles all going the same direction.
Occluded Front
All 4 fronts bring this weather.
Rain/Precipitation
What is the layer of the atmosphere that we live on? (hint: where you look up to the sky and see planes)
Troposphere!!