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What type of air masses originate over continents?
What type of air masses originate over continents?
- Maritime air masses
- Polar air masses
- Tropical air masses
- Continental air masses (correct)
What type of front is characterized by little to no horizontal motion of colder air?
What type of front is characterized by little to no horizontal motion of colder air?
- Warm front
- Cold front
- Stationary front (correct)
- Occluded front
Where do maritime air masses originate?
Where do maritime air masses originate?
- Deserts
- Polar regions
- Mountains
- Oceans (correct)
What type of weather pattern is associated with a wave cyclone on a stationary front?
What type of weather pattern is associated with a wave cyclone on a stationary front?
What provides the characteristics to an air mass based on where it originates?
What provides the characteristics to an air mass based on where it originates?
Which type of air mass is dry and originates over continents?
Which type of air mass is dry and originates over continents?
What type of air masses originate over continents and are dry?
What type of air masses originate over continents and are dry?
Which letter represents maritime air masses that originate over the oceans?
Which letter represents maritime air masses that originate over the oceans?
What are boundaries formed when air masses converge called?
What are boundaries formed when air masses converge called?
What type of front occurs when warm air replaces cold air?
What type of front occurs when warm air replaces cold air?
Why is there typically widespread layered or stratiform cloudiness along and to the north of warm fronts?
Why is there typically widespread layered or stratiform cloudiness along and to the north of warm fronts?
What type of air mass boundary occurs when cold air undercuts warmer air, forcing the warm air up and over the colder air?
What type of air mass boundary occurs when cold air undercuts warmer air, forcing the warm air up and over the colder air?
What is a front in meteorology?
What is a front in meteorology?
How did Norwegian meteorologists describe weather activity along fronts during World War I?
How did Norwegian meteorologists describe weather activity along fronts during World War I?
What are frontal zones frequently accompanied by?
What are frontal zones frequently accompanied by?
What do meteorologists call the leading edge of an advancing mass of relatively cold air?
What do meteorologists call the leading edge of an advancing mass of relatively cold air?
What type of weather is usually associated with a cold front?
What type of weather is usually associated with a cold front?
