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ch.17&18.1
Question | Answer |
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a huge body of air that that has similar temperature, pressure, and humidity throughout. | air mass |
a warm air mass that forms in the the tropics and has low air pressure | tropics |
a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees lattitude or south of 50 degrees lattitude as has hgh air pressure. | polar |
A humid air mass that forms over oceans | maritime |
The area where air masses meet and do not mix. | front |
A dry air mass that forms over land. | continental |
Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it. | occluded |
A swirling center of low air pressure. | cyclones |