Air masses, Winds, and Fronts

what is an air mass ?

• A large body of air with a similar temperature and humidity.

• A large body of air that has varying temperatures and humidity

• A small body of air with a similar temperature and humidity

• A large body of air that sits still.

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What types of air masses are there?

• Maritime, Atlantic, Pacific, Tropical

• Cold, Hot, Wet, Sunny

• Maritime, Continental, Polar, Tropical

• Southern, Northern, Western, Eastern

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How would you describe Maritime air masses?

• Warm and formed over tropics

• Dry and formed over land

• Moist and formed over water

• Cold and formed over the poles

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How would you describe a Continental air mass

• Moist and formed over the poles

• Cold and formed over tropics

• Warm and formed over water

• Dry and formed over land

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How would you describe a Tropical air mass

• Warm and formed over tropics

• Moist and formed over land

• Dry and formed over water

• Cold and formed over poles

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How would you describe a Polar air mass

• Moist and formed over poles

• Warm and formed over poles

• Cold and formed over poles

• i dont even know

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

• Earths rotation causes things to move differently depending on what hemisphere you're on

• Earths rotation causes things to move exactly the same no matter what hemisphere you're on

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Trade winds

• Between the equator and 30° N and S

• Between 30° and 60° W to E

• Between 60° and the poles

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Prevailing Westerlies

• Between the equator and 30° N and S

• Between 30° and 60° W to E

• Between 60° and the poles

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Polar Easterlies

• Between the equator and 30° N and S

• Between 30° and 60° W to E

• Between 60° and the poles

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