Weather Fronts and Air Masses

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What is an air mass?

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A large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout.

Front

What type of air mass forms over water and is warm and humid?

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Maritime tropical.

Front

What type of air mass forms over the ocean near the equator?

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Maritime tropical.

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How is a warm front represented on a weather map?

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By red semicircles.

Front

What is formed when a cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass?

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Cold front.

Front

What type of air mass is cold and forms over land?

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Continental polar.

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What type of air mass is warm and forms over land?

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Continental tropical.

Front

What is a cold front?

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A boundary where a cold air mass moves in and displaces a warm air mass.

Front

What weather is typically associated with a warm front?

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Gradual warming and light to moderate precipitation.

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What happens when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass?

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The warm air rises over the cold air, leading to cloud formation and precipitation.