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what are the four major types

Of air masses influence the weather in America

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Maritime polar maritime tropical contential tropic continental polar

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Classify air masses according to what

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Temperature and humidity

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Maritime tropical

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forms over oceans and is warm and humid air mass

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maritime polar

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forms over cold oceans and cool and humid air mass

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contental tropic

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Air masses form over land and hot and dry air mass

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contental polar

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Forms over Alaska and Canada and the air mass is very cold and dry air -polar vortex

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when a_______ moves in are and interacts with other air masses,it causes the _____to change!

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Air masses- and weather

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in the us ,air masses are commonly moved by ________and ________

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prevailing westerlies and jet streams

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Air masses generally move from what

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east to west

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when to air masses collide they have different what

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tempature and humidity and they don’t collide easy

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The boundary where air masses me cause a what

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Front

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Storms and changeable weather often develop along a what

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Front

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