AICE Geo Unit 2

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The boundary between two air masses is known as:

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front

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Warm air mass that does not carry water:

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continental tropical

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In _________ pressure systems, air sinks:

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high

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In _______ pressure systems, air rises

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low

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How do we name air masses? Options: Water and temperature, Air pressure, Humidity and temperature, Cold and warm

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Humidity and temperature

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

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Cold

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over near the equator?

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Warm

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What types of air masses form over oceans? (Options: Maritime, Continental, Polar, Tropical)

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Maritime

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What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?

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Dry and warm

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The correct order (from the Earth UP) of the atmosphere layers: mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere

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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere