Ch 19 Quiz

When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.

• A) warm-front weather
• B) cold-front weather
• C) air-mass weather
• D) occluded front weather

An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.

• A) cP
• B) mP
• C) cT
• D) mT

A maritime Polar (mP) air mass is ________.

• A) cold and dry
• B) cold and humid
• C) warm and dry
• D) warm and humid

An air mass that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean in winter over cold water and then comes ashore is a ________ mass.

• A) Continental Polar air mass
• B) Maritime Polar air mass
• C) Continental Tropical air mass
• D) cyclonic storm

The eye of a hurricane is ________.

• A) the portion with the highest wind speeds
• B) warmer than the rest of the storm
• C) along the leading edge of the storm
• D) the area of most intense rainfall

A cT air mass is ________ and ________.

• A) dry; cool
• B) dry; warm
• C) wet; cool
• D) wet; warm

A large body of air that is characterized by a homogeneity of temperature and moisture at any given level is a(n) ________.

• A) front
• B) edge
• C) overrun
• D) air mass

The hot and humid weather in Texas during the summer is most likely due to what type of air mass?

• A) Continental polar
• B) Continental tropical
• C) Maritime polar
• D) Maritime tropical