A large body of air that is classified by its temperatures and moisture content.
What is an air mass?
100
This type of air mass forms over wet areas.
What is maritime?
100
This front is represented by blue lines and triangles.
What is a cold front?
100
High pressure brings this kind of weather.
What are sunny, clear skies?
100
This is Mrs. Martin's favorite dinosaur.
What is a velociraptor?
200
This is the abbreviation for an air mass that formed over the United States in a warm area.
What is cT?
200
This type of air mass forms over land.
What is continental?
200
When a cold front catches up to a warm front, this happens.
What is an occluded front?
200
Low pressures tend to bring this kind of weather.
What is rainy weather?
200
This is the room number you are currently in.
What is 680?
300
This type of air mass can hold more water vapor.
What is a warm air mass?
300
This type of air mass forms near the equator.
What is tropical?
300
A cold front and a warm front are having a battle to the death in the sky. They are clashing winds and rain and trying to fight for ownership of the world, which is called this..
What is a stationary front?
300
High pressure turn in this direction.
What is clockwise?
300
This is Mrs. Martin's biggest pet peeve that students do.
What is tapping on the tables?
400
This is the abbreviation for an air mass that formed just to the east of Florida.
What is mT?
400
This type of air mass forms over colder regions.
What is polar?
400
A purple line represents this.
What is an occluded front?
400
This is the pressure system that we see more often in Florida.
What is a low pressure system?
400
This is the name of the moon.
What is Luna?
500
This is the abbreviation for an air mass that formed over Ontario, Canada.
What is cP?
500
This type of air mass has formed over a very moist/wet, hotter region.
What is maritime tropical?
500
A front moving North that is replacing cooler air is called this.
What is a warm front?
500
This is the direction that low pressure systems rotate.