ATMO 201 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.

ATMO 201 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

●● Where do air masses originate?
Answer: source regions (flat and uniform composition, light winds)


●● How are air masses classified?
Answer: temperature and humidity


●● Air Mass Classification
Answer: -C- Continental (dry)
-M- Maritime (moist)


-T- Tropical
-P- Polar
-A- Arctic
-M- Monsoon
-E- Equatorial


●● Continental Polar (cP)

, Answer: cold and dry


●● Continental Arctic (cA)
Answer: very cold, very dry stable air mass


●● lake effect snow
Answer: Snow created when cold air flows over relatively warm water
then over cold land


●● Maritime Polar (mP)
Answer: unstable cold, moist air mass that forms over cold oceans--
Winter and Summer- cold and humid


●● pacific air
Answer: Cool, moist air that originates over the Pacific Ocean, moves
eastward, then descends the Rocky Mountains and moves over the plains
as dry, stable, relatively cool air.


●● Maritime Tropical (mT)
Answer: warm, moist air mass that is formed over water
Stable if in Pacific Ocean (weather is warm and humid)
Unstable in Atlantic Ocean(weather is warm and humid