Air masses and fronts
Which of the following is most likely to be the source region for an air mass?
what is a A large, fairly uniform region
warm air is _ than cold air
What is more dense?
Surface currents are a result of?
What is global wind patterns?
Deep Ocean currents caused by_?
Differneces in desnity.
Which of the following is most likely to be true of a continental polar (cP) air mass?
what is cold and dry?
After a cold front passes,what type of weather will there be?
What causes the coriolis effect?
What is earth spinning on its axis.
Where would I find the most dense ocean water?
What is the bottom?
Which of the following is most likely to be true of an air mass forming in the Gulf of Mexico?
What is a maritime tropical air mass.
The red half circles shows what?
What is warm front?
The gulf stream carries what type of water?
What is warm.
Warm water is __________ cold water.
After a cold front has passed, what would we expect?
what is cold tempuratures and clear skys.
Blue triangles shows what?
What is cold front.
What happens when a surface current comes in contact with a land mass
What is changes direction.
Which of the following can cause an increase in density that results in a deep ocean current?
What is warm water loses energy to its surroundings and cools?
How do you characterize an air mass that flows over the ocean?
what is wet.
A warm front moving into an area can bring this type of weather?
what is one of the following...
Warmer Temperatures, Clouds, and steady precipitation?
As the saltinity increses desnity _?
What is increses.
Which three factors most directly affect surface currents in the oceans?
What is surface winds, the Coriolis Effect, and continental deflection?