Air Masses and Fronts

What characteristics are used to classify air masses?

• temperature and humidity
• pressure and temperature
• latitude and longitude
• wind speed and location 

A wet, cold air mass would be - 

• maritime tropical 
• maritime polar
• continental tropical 
• continental polar

A cold, dry air mass would be called - 

• continental tropic
• continental polar
• maritime polar
• continental maritime

What does mT mean?

• warm, moist air

• warm, dry air

• cold, moist air

• cold, dry air

What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?

• dry and cold weather
• wet and cold weather
• dry and warm weather
• wet and warm weather

An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be - 

• maritime polar
• maritime tropical
• continental polar
• continental tropical

A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• front
• air mass
• cloud
• tornado 

Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

• cold, dry

• warm, humid

• warm, dry

• cold, humid

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry

• warm, humid

• warm, dry

• cold, humid

The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm