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Earth Science - Air Mass and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur? 
Troposphere 
 
 
 
relative humidity 
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor the air can actually hold. 
 
 
 
How do you measure relative humidity? 
Psychrometer 
 
 
 
air pressure 
Weight of the air 
 
 
 
What causes differences in air pressure? 
Humidity and Temperature 
 
 
 
What is an air mass? 
A body of air with temperature, humidity, and pressure. 
 
 
 
What determines the conditions of an air mass...
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Section 1: Air Masses and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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Air Mass 
a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure. 
 
 
 
Tropical 
of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics. 
 
 
 
Continental 
An air mass that is formed over land. 
 
 
 
Polar 
Air masses that are cold and from up in the poles. 
 
 
 
Maritime 
Air Mass that form over water or it has to do with water. 
 
 
 
Prevailing Westerlies 
winds from the east toward the west in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. 
 
 
 
Jet Streams 
a narrow...
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ATSC 113 Fly Final Review Exam Questions and Answers
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ATSC 113 Fly Final Review Exam Questions and Answers 
 
If CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) were large (> 2000 J/kg) then you could anticipate that the following factor might affect your flight: 
- Strong thunderstorms are likely 
- Turbulence could be weak in clouds 
- Being near a cost line 
- There is a coating of ice that acts like a cape over your wings 
- Air is statically stable - Answer-Strong thunderstorms are likely 
 
The weather associated with occluded fronts is most ...
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ATSC Learning Goals question and answers graded A+ 2023 updated
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ATSC Learning Goals question and answers graded A+ 2023 updated1a. Identify & classify clouds, and relate them to local and larger-scale weather systems and to potential hazards to aircraft - correct answer Clouds can be normal or special. There are two types of normal clouds. 
 
Cumuliform (connective clouds) are puffy and associated with updrafts 
 
Form when humid air rises through cooler air 
 
This can occur when the air at the ground is colder than the surface (ex. Air above the ocean is...
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ADX Oral Test Prep Q&A Already Passed
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ADX Oral Test Prep 
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What is the lowest level in the atmosphere - ANSWER Troposphere 
One characteristic of the lowest level of the atmosphere - ANSWER Decrease in temp 
with increase in height 
What is it called when temperature increases with height - ANSWER Inversion 
layer in between troposphere and stratosphere - ANSWER tropopause 
What is it important to know in order to determine at what altitude the tropopause is - 
ANSWER Lapse rate change, jet stream, air becomes m...
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Chapter 11 Air Masses and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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Air Mass 
-an extremely large body of air whose properties of temperature and humidity are fairly similar in any horizontal direction at any given altitude 
-a single air mass may cover more than a million square kilometers 
 
 
 
Source Regions 
-extensive areas of essentially uniform surface conditions over land or water, typically of large-scale air subsidence and lateral divergence, where air masses develop their initial properties 
 
 
 
How are air masses classified? 
-according to tempera...
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AIR MASSES AND FRONTS exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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A continental tropical air mass formed over the Southwest U.S. This area is called its _____. 
home region 
mass region 
source region 
front region 
source region 
 
 
 
Select all of the answers that apply. 
Which of the following characteristics must an air mass have? 
It must be 1,000 miles or more in size. 
It has different temperatures but uniform humidity. 
It flows as one unit. 
It must form over a low-pressure area. 
It has a uniform temperature and humidity. 
It must be 1,000 miles or ...
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Air Masses and Fronts Questions and Answers
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What are the four types of air masses and where does each form? 
Polar forms over cold areas, tropical forms over warm areas, continental forms over land, and maritime forms over the oceans. 
 
 
 
What are four types of fronts? 
Cold front, warm front, occluded front and stationary front. 
 
 
 
What happens during a cold front? 
A cold air mass pushes and replaces a warm air mass. 
 
 
 
What kind of weather can happen at cold fronts? 
Heavy rain or snow, cloudy skies or thunderstorms. 
 
 
 
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Air Masses and Fronts exam study guide fully solved & verified for accuracy 2024
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Front 
the boundary between air masses of different different densities and usually different temperatures 
 
 
 
Air Mass 
a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture throughout 
 
 
 
Cylcone 
area in atmosphere that has lower pressure than the surrounding areas with wind spiraling clockwise towards the center 
 
 
 
Cold Front 
a cold air mass moves under a warm less dense air mass 
 
 
 
Occluded Front 
a warm air mass is caught between 2 colder air masses 
 
 
 
Stationary...
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Climatology - Geography GR 12 summaries/notes.
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This document contains summaries made from " FOCUS geography " textbook. This document summarizes Mid - latitude cyclones; the development of Mid-latitude cyclones; cold fronts; warm fronts; Occluded fronts; Tropical cyclones; formation of tropical cyclones; damages of tropical cyclones; weather conditions experienced by tropical cyclones; impact of tropical cyclones on human activities; Subtropical anticyclones; valley climates; valley winds; urban climates ;&urban heat islands.
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