How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

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

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

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Define air mass.

• 89
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• A large region of air that has similar temperature and humidity.
• A cloud.

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

• Dry
• Wet
• Warm
• Cold

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

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

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When two different air masses collide...

• A front forms
• They casually become one
• A new planet evolves
• Dinosaurs become extinct

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What would you expect from a Continental Polar air mass? 

• moist, warm air
• dry, cold air
• dry, warm air

What does symbol # 3 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front