Air masses and Fronts
Weather maps
Ocean Currents-
Surface
Ocean Currents- Deep
100

What kind of front causes warm light weather  

Warm front

100


What does the blue triangle stand for on a weather map?




What is a cold front?



100

Where are surface currents located?



Where is the surface of the ocean?



100

What is density?

The amount of matter in a given space or volume?

200

What is the source region for cP air masses?

Northern Canada  

200


What do red bumps stand for on a weather map?




What is a warm front?



200

What is the coriolis effect?



What is the deflection of a moving object from a straight path due to the earth’s rotation?



200

Where in the ocean are deep currents located?



What is the deep ocean?

300

What air mass is warm and wet?

 What is maritime Tropical aka mT

300


What does the H stand for on a weather map?




What does the H stand for on a weather map?



What is high pressure?



300

How do surface currents move?



What is global winds?



300

Other than mass, what can affect the density of saltwater?



What is salinity?



400


What happens when a warm air mass gets caught in between a cold air mass?




How does an occluded front form?



400


what does the L stand for on a weather map?




What is low pressure?



400


What causes currents to deflect?



What are continental deflections?

400


What causes deep currents to move?




What is density?


 

500

What is a source region for wet and warm air masses?


What is the Gulf of Mexico?



500


What does a curved line with blue triangles on one side, and red bumps on the other stand for?




What does a curved line with blue triangles on one side, and red bumps on the other stand for?



What is a stationary front?



500

Which surface current carries 25 times as much water than all rivers on earth combined?


What is the Gulf Stream?



500

Where is some of the deepest and densest water in the ocean located?

What is Antarctic bottom water?


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