What is an air mass?
Weather Fronts and Air Masses

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1.
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A large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout.
2.
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What type of air mass forms over water and is warm and humid?
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Maritime tropical.
3.
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What type of air mass forms over the ocean near the equator?
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Maritime tropical.
4.
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How is a warm front represented on a weather map?
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By red semicircles.
5.
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What is formed when a cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass?
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Cold front.
6.
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What type of air mass is cold and forms over land?
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Continental polar.
7.
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What type of air mass is warm and forms over land?
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Continental tropical.
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