Air Mass Basics
This is a large body of air with similar temperature and humidity
What is an air mass
What does "maritime tropical (mT)" mean?
What is maritime tropical
What is a cold front?
What is a boundary where cold air pushes under warm air, often bringing storms.
What is conduction?
What is transfer of heat through direct contact
What type of cloud is fluffy and fair-weather?
What is cumulus clouds
These two properties classify air masses.
What are temperature and humidity
Which air mass is cold and dry?
What is continental polar (cP)
What is a warm front?
What is convection?
What is transfer of heat by the movement of fluids
Which clouds bring steady rain?
What are stratus clouds
Air masses over Canada would most like be?
What is continental polar
Which air mass brings warm, humid weather?
What is maritime tropical (mT)
What type of weather is associated with a stationary front?
What is cloudy, wet weather that can last for several day.
What is radiation?
What is transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves
What clouds are associated with thunderstorms?
What are cumulonimbus clouds
This determines whether an air mass is maritime or continental.
What is moisture
What does "continental" indicate about an air mass?
What is "it forms over land and is typically dry"
What happens during an occluded front?
What is a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting warm air off the ground
Which heat transfer method causes warm air to rise?
What is convection
What do cirrus clouds typically indicate?
What is fair weather now, but possible changing weather ahead
mT bring what conditions to an area?
What is moist and hot
Identify an air mass based on description (ex: hot, dry - cT)
What is continental tropical which is hot and dry
Which front typically brings severe storms?
What is a cold front
How does the sun transfer energy to Earth?
What is radiation
How are clouds classified?
What is altitude and shape