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Cold and Warm Fronts

A cold front is the transition zone were a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass. A warm front is a transition zone were a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass.

What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

What kind of air would be characteristic of a maritime tropical air mass

Warm, humid

A tropical depression can become more powerful by

A tropical depression can become more powerful by gaining energy from the moisture that evaporates from warm water, and be developing a more well-defined circulation.

In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect makes winds

bend to the right of their motion

Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to

Its Dew Point

What forms along the boundary where two contrasting air masses meet

a front

What is spaced closely together on a map to show there is a drastic temperature change over a distance

Isotherms

Which climate zone tends to have cold winters and warm summers

Temperate climates have cold winters and warm summers.

What condition is required for all thunderstorms

For starters, the thing you will need for all storms is Low Air Pressure. So you will always need this for all thunderstorms.

What planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect

venus

as a result of the coriolis effect an air mass moving from the north pole toward the equator will

Turn towards the right

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