Air Masses
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Gabrielle Robbins
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Air Masses
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Air Masses:
What is an air mass?
Large bodies of air with similar temperature and moisture characteristics
How do we classify them?
Based on source region and temperature
What effect do they have?
Influence weather patterns and bring changes in temperature, humidity, and precipitation
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4 letters you need to know
maritime (m)
continental (c)
Polar (P)
Tropical (T)
Classified by temperature and moisture.
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How much moisture?
Is it hot or cold?
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Multiple Choice
Which type of air mass is warm and humid, originating from the tropics?
mT
mP
cP
cT
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Multiple Select
Which type of air mass forms over the ocean?
Maritime tropical (mT)
Maritime polar (mP)
Continental tropical (cT)
Continental polar (cP)
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Multiple Choice
What type of air mass is cT?
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Multiple Choice
What type of air mass is mP?
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California gets their cold weather from air masses coming from Siberia.
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Meanwhile, North Carolina gets its air from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Multiple Choice
What is air pressure?
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Multiple Choice
What layer of the atmosphere do we see meteors?
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Multiple Choice
Where does the air the affects North Carolina's weather come from?
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Labeling
Label the layers of the atmosphere correctly.
thermosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
exosphere
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Labeling
Label the air masses appropriately.
cT
mT
cP
mT
cP
mP
mP
mT
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Multiple Choice
Where does weather occur in the atmosphere?
Mesosphere
Air Masses
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