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ch.17 and 18. vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a huge body of air that has similair temperature, pressure, and humidity throughout | Air Mass |
| a high pressure center of dry air | anticyclones |
| a dry air mass that forms over land | continental |
| a swirling center of low air pressure | cyclones |
| the area where air masses meet and do not mix | front |
| a humid air mass that forms over oceans | maritime |
| cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it. | occluded |
| a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north lattitude or 50 degrees south lattitude and has high air pressure | polar |
| a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure. | tropical |