Air masses
A large body of air with similar temperature and humidity throughout
What is an air mass?
What is it called when 2 air masses meet?
What is a weather front
What type of weather does high pressure usually bring?
Usually brings clear, stable weather= happy weather
What are the two main reasons air masses get moved across the world?
What are jet streams and prevailing winds
What kind of front would bring hot dry weather?
What is continental tropical
What does the term MP stand for?
What is maritime polar?
How is a warm front represented on a weather map?
Shown as red line with half circles on weather maps
What type of pressure system is a hurricane?
What is low pressure?
What is a jet stream?
What is a fast-moving river of air high in the atmosphere
What type of front brings high humidity?
Which factor is NOT used to classify an air mass?
A) Temperature
B) Humidity
C) Source region
D) Wind speed
Wind Speed
What type of weather does a stationary front bring?
persistent cloudy, wet weather
What air pressure system is associated with cool air sinking and moving clockwise?
What is high pressure?
This is the average weather in a place over a long period of time
What is climate?
If an area suddenly gets little rain and cold temperatures, what air mass might be over that area
what is continental polar?
What type of air mass would bring cold dry weather?
What is continental polar
What type of front is when two cold fronts sandwich in and up a warm front
what is an occluded front?
What type of weather does low pressure usually bring?
Usually brings cloudy, unstable weather
These are the two main factors that determine climate.
What is temperature and precipitation?
This technology helps scientists track storms and precipitation from space.
What is a weather satellite
What air mass would bring wet cold weather
what is maritime polar
What front is when 2 air masses meet but neither is stronger overtake the other so they stay at a stand-still?
What is a stationary front?
This tool is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
Prevailing winds are constantly moving air masses from _____ to __________
What is the equator and the poles
Why do we only get hurricanes during a certain season?
What are hurricanes need hot water evaporating and steady winds