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Quiz 13

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WHAT IS AN AIR MASS? a huge bubble of air that has similar conditions
WHAT IS A FRONT? the boundary between 2 different air masses
WHAT IS A CONVECTION CELL? 1 of 6 extremely large air masses on the Earth that rise and fall, completing a circular pattern in the troposphere
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY? the colder an object, the more dense it is
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHERE AN AIR MASS DEVELOPS AND ITS CONDITIONS? it takes its conditions with it
COLD FRONT
WARM FRONT
STATIONARY FRONT
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: COLD FRONT
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: WARM FRONT
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: STATIONARY FRONT
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: HIGH PRESSURE AREAS
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: LOW PRESSURE AREAS
WEATHER SYMBOL FOR: WIND/CLOUD COVER(AND WHAT EACH PART OF THE SYMBOL TELLS US)
DISCUSS WHAT MOVES AIR MASSES AND HOW THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA Jet Stream and the Prevailing Winds West to East
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENERGY OF AN AIR MASS AND THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM OR WEATHER the more energy an air mass has, the stronger the storm or weather will be
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIR PRESSURE AND THE MOVEMENT OF WIND -wind moves from high P areas to low P areas -the closer the high P areas are to the low P areas, the stronger the winds are
HOW ARE SEA BREEZES DIFFERENT THAN LAND BREEZES? SEA- wind blows in from the sea LAND- wind blows in from the land
HOW ARE VALLEY BREEZES DIFFERENT THAN MOUNTAIN BREEZES? VALLEY- wind blows up the side of the mountain MOUNTAIN- wind blows down the side of the mountain
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