terms for quiz on Air Masses and Front
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| air mass | large body of air with similar temperatures and humidity
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| source region | area where an air mass forms
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| weather | condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
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| maritime tropical | wet, warm air mass
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| maritme polar | wet, cold air mass
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| continental tropical | dry, warm air mass
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| continental polar | dry, cold air mass
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| Gulf of Mexico | source region for a maritme tropical air mass
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| Canada or Alaska | source region for a continental polar air mass
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| Sahara Desert | source region for a continental tropical air mass
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| North Atlantic Ocean | source region for a maritime polar air mass
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| front | place where two or more air masses meet
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| cold front | occurs when a cold air mass 'pushes" a warm air mass out of an area
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| warm front | occurs when a warm air mass "pushes" a cold air mass out of an area
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| blue triangles | symbol for a cold front
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| red half-circles | symbol for a warm front
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| red half-circles and blue triangles on opposite sides of a line | symbol for a stationary front
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| red half-circles and blue triangles on the same side of a line | symbol for an occluded front
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| stationary front | occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meets and neither one moves
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| occluded front | occurs when a warm air mass is sandwiched between two cold air masses
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| light rain or showers | type of precipitation found in a warm front
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| heavy rain or thunderstorms | type of precipitation found in a cold front
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| light rain followed by heavier rain | type of precipitation found in an occluded front
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| rain for a long period of time | type of precipitation found in a stationary front
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