Air Masses
A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air.
What is a cold front?
How is a cold front represented
With a curved line and triangle
Are deep ocean currents affected by wind
Wind plays no rule in how deep ocean currents move
A current that moves by wind.
What is a surface current?
An air mass is a large body of air with roughly the same temperature
What is a Air Mass?
How is a warm front represented
A curved line with half circles
Where do deep ocean currents begin
In the North Atlantic
Global wind systems that are fueled by energy from the sun.
What causes most surface currents?
A air mass that forms over water.
What is maritime?
How is a stationary front represented
A curved line with triangles and half circles
Where do deep oceans currents sink?
These deep waters sink into the deep ocean basins at high laitudes
Which two currents together circle the North Atlantic Ocean
The Gulf stream and the eastern boundary canary Current.
When a warm air mass moves in over a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
If New York is in the middle of a blizzard what front is over or near them
Arctic Cold Front
"Thermos" for the needed temperature and "haline" for the needed salinity.
How do deep currents get their name?
What is the weakest ocean current?
The Gulf stream.
Arctic, Polar, Tropical, and Equatorial
What are the types of air masses
What are the kinds of fronts
Cold, Stationary, Warm and Occluded
What is the scientific name for deep currents?
Thermohaline Circulation
How do continents affect the direction of surface currents?
The currents deflect, or change direction.