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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

Ocean and wind currents are both caused by

uneven insolation

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

Warm, humid

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

Polar jet stream

The property of water that causes it to moderate the climate around lakes is its

heat capacity

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 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

Persistence

Which of the following is not a condition requiered for all thunderstorm to form

A rotating updraft, or supercell

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 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

Turn towards the right

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