ES Chapter 12 Weather

The state of the atmosphere right now

• Climate

• Weather

The long-term average variations in weather over 30 years or more

• Climate

• Normals

• Front

• Tornado

What happens to the sun's rays the farther away from the equator they get?

• Dispersed over a wider area

• Burns the ground

• Lost in space

• Turns purple

If the air mass comes from over LAND and closer to the equator then it called what?

• Marine tropical

• Continental Tropical

Where does a maritime tropical air mass come from?

• From the north over the water

• Fro the south over the water

You can expect a continental tropical air mass to be ........

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Wet

A polar air mass will generally be _____________

• Warm

• Hot

• Cold

When an air mass is maritime what type of area is the source region?

• Land

• Ocean

When an air mass is maritime what type of area is the source region?

• Humidity

• Gamma Rays

• Ocean

• Sunshine

What word usually indicates a DRY air mass?

• Continental

• Maritime