Air Masses from Fill-In-The-Blank Notes
Heat Energy, Air Pressure, Winds, Moisture/Humidity
4 main factors that interact to cause weather
temperature and moisture
Air Masses are distinguished between 2 characteristics__________ and ________
warm and moist
Air masses forming over a TROPICAL AREA are ____and _____
cold and dry
Air masses from the north and south Poles are _____and _____
dry
Air masses that form over continents are _____
Canada, cold, Northern
Continental Polar Air Masses form over _______ and bring very ________temperatures in the ________United States.
land, hot, dry
In the southern American states, Continental Tropical Air Masses form over ________ and bring_______and _______air in the summer.
rain, snow
Maritime Tropical Air Masses bring _____in the summer and _____in the winter.
ocean
Maritime Tropical air masses form over the ____ near the equator are warm and moist
air masses
Moving large bodies of air are called_________
blizzards
Polar Air Masses that form over the northern oceans bring cooler temperatures and in the winter sometimes_________
water
air masses that form over the ocean contain much _____