Air Masses
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The two characteristics of air masses.
What are temperature and moisture?
100

Definition of a front

Boundary between two different air masses

100
Marked on weather maps as a blue line with triangles on it.
What is a cold front?
100
The capital letter H stands for this on a weather map.
What is a high pressure center?
100
The name given to a scientist that studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
200

Conditions of an air mass that forms away from the equator and over water

cold and humid

200
A type of front made of cold, dense air. Rain, snow, thurnderstorms and sometimes tornadoes are caused by this front. Usually, the precipitation does not last very long.
What is a cold front?
200
Marked on a weather map as a red line with half circles on it.
What is a warm front?
200
A capital letter L stands for this on a weather map.
What is a low pressure center?
200

Define humidity

What is the amount of water vapor in the air?

300

Conditions of air mass that forms over water and near the equator.

What is warm and humid?

300
The front that forms when two air masses meet and neither one takes over. Often causes many cloudy days to occur in a row.
What is a stationary front?
300
Marked on a weather map as a blue line with blue triangles on one side and red half circles on the other side.
What is a stationary front?
300

Conditions that accompany a low pressure system

What is lousy weather - rain, storms, wind

300

Describe how wind blows.

What is from high to low pressure.

400

An air mass that forms over land and close to equator.

What is a warm and dry?

400
The type of front formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. Usually produce rain, fog, or snow that lis light but steady.
What is a warm front?
400

Directions on a compass rose

Sketch of compass rose.

400

Conditions that accompany a high pressure system

What is happy weather - clear, dry skies?

400

Sketch a land and sea breeze.

Sketches vary.

500

Conditions of an air mass that forms over land and far from the equator

What is cold and dry?

500

Sketch each front.

Sketches will vary.

500

Sketch a cold and warm front moving north.

Sketches vary.

500

Symbols that accompany warm air rising and cool air sinking

H - cool air sinking

L - warm air rising

500

At least 5 weather tools and what they measure

Answers vary.

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