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Geog 1900 Final Exam with precise ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




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What are air masses? - correct answer✔✔large bodies of air, 1000km across or more,
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several thousand meters thick ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Do air masses have similar temperature and moisture content at any given elevation? -
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correct answer✔✔yes ||//\\||




What are the two main criteria by which air masses get classified? - correct
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answer✔✔latitude, nature of the surface (temperature and moisture) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Arctic (A) air mass - correct answer✔✔high latitudes, very cold
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Polar (P) air mass - correct answer✔✔high latitudes, cold
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Tropical (T) air mass - correct answer✔✔low latitudes, warm||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




continental (c) air mass - correct answer✔✔formed over land, dry air ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




maritime (m) air mass - correct answer✔✔formed over water, humid air ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What are fronts? - correct answer✔✔boundaries that separate air masses of different
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densities


What is a warm front? - correct answer✔✔warm air advances over cold air as cold air
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retreats (overrunning) ||//\\||

,What are characteristics of warm fronts? - correct answer✔✔friction decreases with
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slope, slope of front is less steep compared to cold fronts, light to moderate precipitation,
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clouds become lower near the front, good at temperature inversions which causes sleet
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and freezing rain in the winter
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What is a cold front? - correct answer✔✔cold air advances pushing warm air
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What are characteristics of cold fronts? - correct answer✔✔2x steeper compared to
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warm fronts, friction increases slope, faster compared to warm fronts, takes place over
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less distance/area, more intense precipitation
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What is a stationary front? - correct answer✔✔a front that moves slower than other
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fronts, flow in the cold and warm air masses nearly aligned with front orientation (forms
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when warm air and cold air meet) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What are characteristics of stationary fronts? - correct answer✔✔slowest moving front,
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some warm air tends to override cold air, can still generate uplift and precipitation
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What is an occluded front? - correct answer✔✔when a cold front catches up to a warm
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front


What are characteristics of occluded fronts? - correct answer✔✔low pressure center
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between boundary of cold and warm front, the length of the front increases as time ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




increases,


Do cold fronts or warm fronts travel faster? - correct answer✔✔cold fronts
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What is a cold-type occlusion? - correct answer✔✔the cold air mass overtaking the warm
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front is colder than the cool air ahead of the warm front, and plows under both air masses;
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ex: mid-latitude cyclone
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, What is a warm-type occlusion? - correct answer✔✔the cold air mass overtaking the
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warm front is warmer than the cool air ahead of the warm front, and rides over the colder
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air mass while lifting the warm air; ex: along the northwest coast of the U.S.
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What is a dryline? - correct answer✔✔at boundaries between warm air masses and
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distinct moisture content ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What are characteristics of drylines? - correct answer✔✔usually occur in Texas, dew
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point is the main indicator, not a lot of uplift or precipitation
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What are midlatitude cyclones? - correct answer✔✔An extratropical cyclone (low
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pressure system) that is the principal weather maker at midlatitudes ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




What is the typical life cycle of a midlatitude cyclone? - correct answer✔✔forms at
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boundary between warm and cold air masses, starts as a stationary front and turns into ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




an occluded front
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Cyclones are generated by __________ aloft - correct answer✔✔divergence ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Upper-level winds can steer cyclones to areas of ____________ - correct ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




answer✔✔convergence



______ aloft weakens cyclones - correct answer✔✔Convergence ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




The more wavy isobars are, the more favorable the formation of __________ are - correct
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answer✔✔cyclones
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Over an area of high pressure, there is _________ aloft in high latitudes - correct
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answer✔✔convergence

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