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Is it true that the air above a region of surface high pressure is normally rising?
TRUE
When a cold air mass moves into a region occupied by a warm air mass the contact zone is called?
The contact zone is called a cold front.
What could a region that covers two states and has a similar pressure and temperature be called?
A region that covers two states and has a similar pressure and temperature is called an air mass.
What is a leading edge of a cold air mass that overtakes a region formerly occupied by a warm air mass called?
Cold front.
What is movement of air from sea to land during day when cooler air from above the the water moves over the land forcing heated less dense air above to rise is called?
Land Breeze
The piling up of air above a region is called?
Convergence
When air pressure is constant throughout a region of the atmosphere the region is in a state is called what?
When air pressure is constant throughout a region of the atmosphere the region is in a state is called equilibrium.
Is it true that the air above a region of surface high pressure is normally rising?
TRUE
What is the measure of the weight of air above us called?
air pressure
What is the air above the earths surface called?
The atmosphere
The region where warm and cold air masses meet is called?
A front (or air mass), resulting in weather.
What is A large region of air with nearly the same temperature and water vapor throughout is called?
an air mass
Why is cool and dry air often called a high?
It is called a "high pressure region". Air that is cool, is dense. Air that has less moisture is more dense than air with more moisture.
How high is the death zone of Mount Everest?
The region above 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) is called the death zone. The reason for this name is because nothing lives at that altitude or above and no human can survive long there due to the lack of oxygen in the thin air.
When a cold air mass moves into a region occupied by a warm air mass the contact zone is called?
The contact zone is called a cold front.
What is it called when a layer of warm air is above and traps a layer of cold air below?
Inversion
What could a region that covers two states and has a similar pressure and temperature be called?
A region that covers two states and has a similar pressure and temperature is called an air mass.
