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 _____