Geography Final Exam Review Part 2

When an air mass passes from a maritime source region to a warmer continental region, it heats by convection over the warmer land surface to produce _________ lifting.

• Convection

• Convergent

• Frontal

True or false?

Other sources that might lead to convection lifting include an urban heat island or the dark soil in a plow field.

• True

• False

True or false?

Florida's precipitation generally illustrates both convergent and convectional lifting mechanisms.

• True

• False

This kind of lifting occurs as air is forcibly lifted upslope as it is pushed against a mountain.

• Convergent

• Convectional

• Frontal

• Orographic

_______ lifting occurs when warm, moist air rises, cools, and reaches saturation at the lifting condensation level.

True or false?

Orographic lifting leads to the formation of stratiform clouds.

• True

• False

________ lifting occurs as air is displaced upward along the leading edges of the contrasting air masses.

• Orographic

• Convergent

• Frontal

• Convection

True or false?

The leading edge of a cold air mass is a cold front, whereas the leading edge of a warm air mass is a warm front.

• True

• False

True or false?

Warm fronts can move at speeds up to 80 kmph (50 mph), causing rapid lifting and more violent weather than is associated with cold fronts.

• True

• False

The ____ air masses are major players in middle and high-latitude weather.

• mP

• cP

• mT