Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
air mass
|
a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout.
|
|
|
tropical
|
a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure
|
|
|
polar
|
a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure
|
|
|
maritime
|
a humid air mass that forms over oceans
|
|
|
continental
|
a dry air mass that forms over land
|
|
|
front
|
the boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix
|
|
|
occluded
|
cut off, as in a front where warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
|
|
|
cyclone
|
a swirling center of low air pressure
|
|
|
anticyclone
|
a high-pressure center of dry air
|
|
|
storm
|
a violent disturbence in the atmosphere
|
