SQ Science: Section 4

Air masses form when light let the air _ sit still long enough to _ its environment

from the tropics, fairly warm

• tropical

• equatorial

• polar

• maritime

• continental

abbreviation for Arctic maritime

stationary front: effects

• clouds and many days of rain

• gentle and prolonged rain

• rainbursts

• thunderstorms

stationary front: shape

• h

• l

Arctic maritime air masses are?

• cold

• dry

• warm

• warm and moist

• cold and dry

Arctic maritime air masses bring intense cold, snow to where?

• northern Canada and Siberia

• Alaska

• Greenland

• Iceland

• P

Land or water: arctic maritime

• water

• l

abbreviation: Antarctic continental

• cAA

• cA

• Caa

• Ca

• n

Antarctic air masses are?

• bitterly cold

• bitterly dry

• cool

• bitterly cold and dry

• bitterly cool and dry