Types Of Air Masses

Question 1

Cold air masses come from

Answer 1

Polar areas

Question 2

Warm air masses come from

Answer 2

Tropical areas

Question 3

What are air masses that form over the ocean called

Answer 3

Maritime

Question 4

Air masses that form overland are called

Answer 4

Continental

Question 5

Name three large landmass is over which continental air masses form

Answer 5

Northern Canada, Northern Asia, and the southwestern United States

Question 6

What weather conditions do continental air mass is generally bring when they move into a region

Answer 6

They bring dry weather condition

Question 7

Name and describe the two types of continental air masses

Answer 7

Continental polar air masses are cold and dry. Continental tropical air masses are warm and dry.

Question 8

How do air masses that form over the ocean differ from continental air masses

Answer 8

The humidity in the these air masses tend to be higher than that of continental air masses

Question 9

What weather conditions do maritime air masses generally bring when they move to a new location

Answer 9

They bring precipitation and fog

Question 10

Name and describe the two types of maritime air masses

Answer 10

Maritime polar air masses are moist and cold. Maritime tropical air masses are moist and warm

Question 11

List the four types an air masses that affect the weather of North America, and list their six source location

Answer 11

Continental polar – Canada maritime polar– Polar pacific,polar atlanticcon continental tropical – United States Southwest maritime tropical – tropical Pacific, tropical Atlantic

Question 12

What type of the weather does air mass usually bring

Answer 12

The weather of it’s source location

Question 13

What may happen to an air region as it moves away from its source region

Answer 13

It may change. For example cold dry air may become warmer and more moist as it moves from land to a warm ocean

Question 14

What develops when cold dry air becomes warm and moist

Answer 14

Clouds and precipitation

Question 15

Describe the weather brought to the eastern United States by maritime tropical air masses that form over the tropical Atlantic ocean

Answer 15

They bring mild often cloudy weather in the winter

Question 16

How does the weather brought to the Pacific coast of the United States by maritime tropical air masses that form over the tropical Pacific ocean differ between the summer and winter

Answer 16

Summer – human hot weather. Winter – moderate precipitation

Question 17

Explain where continental polar air masses generally originate, where they moved, and the type of whether they bring

Answer 17

They form over are you still in snow-covered land.they moved to the northern United States and can reach as far south as the gold coast of the US. In the summer they bring cold,dry weather. In winter,they bring cold weather to northern US. They come from northern Canada and northern pacific and Atlantic Ocean.

Question 18

Describe maritime polar air masses that form over the North Pacific ocean in the type in whether they bring

Answer 18

They are very moist but not as cold as continental Canadian polar air masses

Question 19

How do you continental polar Canadian air masses differ from the polar air masses that form over North Pacific ocean

Answer 19

Maritime polar air masses are not as cold as continental polar Canadian air masses

Question 20

How do maritime polar Atlantic air masses differ in movement in weather conditions from the maritime Pacific air masses

Answer 20

Maritime polar Atlantic air masses move east toward europe but also West over new England in eastern Canada. In winter they bring cold cloudy weather and snow. In the summer these can produce cool weather,low clouds and fog.

Question 21

Air masses are classified according to

Answer 21

Source region