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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
Ocean and wind currents are both caused by
What kind of air would be characteristic of a maritime tropical air mass
Why can bodies of water create microclimates
They cool and heat more slowly than the land around them
Which climate zone receives the highest insolation
The tropical climate zone receives the highest insulation.
What Latin word related to clouds means wispy
Cirrus.
Cirrus clouds are wispy or curly. Cirrus means "wispy."
Wind shear can result in the formation of a
Wind shear can result in the formation of a tornado.
The location of the determines how cold it is in the midwestern US
The property of water that causes it to moderate the climate around lakes is its
Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to
What forms along the boundary where two contrasting air masses meet
What does the L symbol indicate on a weather map
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
low pressure
The method is forecasting method based on the idea that the weather on any day will not change much from day before it
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 is the proximity of bodies of water in temperate climates
It is the distance is between bodies of water in temperate
climates, or one's proximity, or 'closeness,' to the bodies of
water.
as a result of the coriolis effect an air mass moving from the north pole toward the equator will