Weather and the 4 types of Air Masses

Question 1

What does mT stand for?

Answer 1

maritime Tropical

Question 2

What does cT stand for?

Answer 2

continental Tropical

Question 3

What does cP stand for?

Answer 3

continental Polar

Question 4

What does mP stand for?

Answer 4

maritime Polar

Question 5

What temperature is mT?

Answer 5

Warm

Question 6

What temperature is cP?

Answer 6

Cold

Question 7

What temperature is cT

Answer 7

Warm

Question 8

What temperature is mP?

Answer 8

Cold

Question 9

What is the moisture is mT\mP?

Answer 9

Wet/Moist

Question 10

What is the moisture is cT/cP?

Answer 10

Dry/Land

Question 11

What is a weather front?

Answer 11

boundary in between two masses of air of different densities, main cause of significant weather

Question 12

What is a Warm front?

Answer 12

leading edge of a warmer air mass that is advancing into a cooler air mass

Question 13

What is a Stationary Front?

Answer 13

At a fixed location when two air masses come together, but neither is strong enough to replace the other.

Question 14

What is a jet stream?

Answer 14

Fast-flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Question 15

What is humidity

Answer 15

The concentration of water vapor present in the air