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20 Cards in this Set
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A fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass |
Cold front |
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A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass |
Warm front |
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Cold and warm air massess meet but neither can move the other |
Stationary front |
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A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses |
Occluded front |
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Polar air mass |
Type of air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude and south of 50 degrees south latitude |
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Tropical air mass |
Type of air mass that forms in the tropics it isn't warm with low pressure air pressure |
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Maritime air mass |
Type of air mass that forms over an ocean that can be very humid |
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Continental air mass |
Type of air mass that forms over land and can be dry |
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Major wind belts that generally push from west to east |
Prevailing westerlies |
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High-speed Winds that are in prevailing Westerly lies and are about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface |
Jet streams |
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Huge air masses that move across the land and oceans and collide with each other |
Fronts |
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A swirling center of low air pressure |
Cyclone |
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High pressure centers of dry air |
Anti cyclones |
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The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents in the ocean |
Coriolis effect |
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Moving Air caused by the heating of the sun in the Earth's rotation |
Wind |
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The characteristics that determine the type of air masses |
Temperature and moisture |
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Hot and humid air masses |
Maritime tropical |
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Cold and humid air masses |
Maritime polar |
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Hot and dry air mass |
Continental tropical |
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Cold and usually dry air mass |
Continental polar |
