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4.
radiation
18. The curving of air to the right in the Northern 23. Where do hurricanes originate (start at)?
Hemisphere is caused by Earth’s rotation and Warm tropical oceans
is called the Coriolis Effect.
24. A dry, cold air mass would be called
19. Wind is the movement of air from areas of high
continental polar.
pressure to areas of low pressure.
25. The boundary between cold and warm air
20. Use the
picture to help masses is called a/an front.
you match the
climate zone 26. When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a
with the cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain
amount of followed by beautiful sunny weather, what front
sunlight it is it?
receives. Warm front
Polar Zone- -Most sunlight
Temperate Zone- -Least sunlight 27. A/an air mass is a large body of air that has the
Tropical Zone- -Medium sunlight same properties as the Earth's surface over
which it develops and has the same density and
21. The air mass on moisture content.
the left formed over
a polar region and
the air mass on the 28. What type of weather will most likely result
right formed over a from a low-pressure weather system?
tropical region.
Which type of front cloudy conditions
is at the front of air
mass A? cold front