23.2/24.1 Clouds and Air Mass

When air is warmed it becomes __________ and rises.

• heavier

• more dense

• less dense

• thicker

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When temperature and moisture content are similar throughout a large body of air, it is called

• air pressure

• an air mass

• air stabilization

• cloud cover

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cP, mP, cT, and mT are all

• air masses.

• ocean currents.

• weather systems.

• morse code.

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Cool, dry air in northern summers are brought by what type of air mass?

• maritime tropical (mT)

• continental tropical (cT)

• maritime polar (mP)

• continental polar (cP)

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Warm, moist air from the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean are brought by what type of air mass?

• maritime tropical (mT)

• continental tropical (cT)

• maritime polar (mP)

• continental polar (cP)

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Warm, dry air from the southwest U.S. are brought by what type of air mass?

• maritime tropical (mT)

• continental tropical (cT)

• maritime polar (mP)

• continental polar (cP)

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Cold, moist air from the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean are brought by what type of air mass?

• maritime tropical (mT)

• continental tropical (cT)

• maritime polar (mP)

• continental polar (cP)

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A collection of water droplets or ice crystals that collect and fall slowly through the air is

• a cloud.

• an air mass.

• a weather system.

• air pressure.

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What type of cloud is sheetlike” or “layered” that often blocks out the Sun and usually does not produce much rain.

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

What type of cloud is “puffy”, “piled”, or “heaped” that forms when warm, moist air rises and cools.

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

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