Question | Answer |
A dry, cold air mass would be called | continental polar
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When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an | Stationary front
| When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an | Occluded front
| The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a/an | front
| When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this? | cold front
| When a warm air masses gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then beautiful sunny weather, what front is it? | warm front
| A/an _____________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it developes and has the same density and moisture content | Air mass
| What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring? | Dry and warm weather
| An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be | Maritime tropical
| A wet, cold air mass would be | Maritime polar
| Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass? | Over the ocean near the equator |