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 * 1) ** What happens when different types of are air masses collide? ** When different types of air masses collide, the cold air pushes the warm air up.
 * 2) ** What are the boundaries of air mass called? **The boundaries of air mass are called fronts**.**
 * 3) ** Define an air mass? ** An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout.
 * 4) ** How large may an air mass be? ** As much as the space or shape it is in.
 * 5) ** What does the term moist mean? ** It means slightly wet, or damp.
 * 6) ** If an air mass is humid what does that mean? that it is cold and warm after raining. **
 * 7) ** Describe an air mass which forms over Canada in terms of its temperature and moisture.O ne that forms over the Indian ocean is called a maritime tropical air mass **
 * 8) ** Describe an air mass that forms over a desert in terms of its temperature and moisture.It is ever hot and humid plus there is ever little water in the desert. **
 * 9) ** Describe an air mass that forms over water in Gulf of Mexico in terms of its temperature and moisture. Masses of air that travel south from the wide expanses of land in Canada, and north from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.**
 * 10) ** In the area of the Unites states, which way do cold air masses move? (North or South) north **
 * 11) ** In the area of the Unites states which way do warm air masses move? south **
 * 12) ** Why are Canadian air masses considered to be dry air masses? it is ever hot over other in Canada **
 * 13) ** What happens when a warm humid air mass meat a cold dry air mass? It makes a Columbus cloud. **
 * 14) ** Why can cold air masses from Canada make it all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico?it can't make it **
 * 15) ** What is a front? ** A front is the transition zone between two air masses.
 * 16) ** What typically happens when two different types of fronts collide? **
 * 17) ** What are the three types of fronts? ** Three types of fronts are warm, cold, and occlude.
 * 18) ** Describe the temperature of the air behind a cold front. ** The temperature of the air behind a cold front is colder and drier than the air in front of it.
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 * 1) ** Looking at the diagram above, which state has a temperature of 38F? ** The state that has a temperature of 38F is South Dakota.
 * 2)  Looking at the diagram above, which state has a temperature of 55F? The state that has a temperature of 55F is Iowa.
 * 3) ** Looking at the diagram above, what would you expect the temperature of Illinois to be in three days? EXPLAIN! ** I would expect the temperature to be around 38F because of the cold front.
 * 4) ** How does the temperature of an area change as a cold front passes? It gets colder. **
 * 5) ** What does precipitation mean? It means it's raining. **
 * 6) ** What type of precipitation occurs when a cold front passes? Probably snow. **
 * 7) ** Describe the type of air behind a warm front? Dry air **
 * 8) ** In which direction do warm fronts typically move. South **
 * 9) ** What type of precipitation usually occurs when a warm front passes by. Warm rain **
 * 10) ** Label the two fronts on the diagram below: The cold front and warm front **
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 * 1) ** How is cold front diagrammed? A line with spikes **
 * 2) ** How is a warm front diagrammed? A line with circles **
 * 3) ** What is a stationary front? ** A **stationary front ** is a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other. On a weather map, this is shown by an inter-playing series of blue spikes pointing one direction and red domes pointing the other.
 * 4) ** How is a stationary front diagrammed? **
 * 5) ** When warm air contacts cold air, which air mass typically rises above the other? **
 * 6) ** Which of the following is a diagram of cold front and which is the warm front? **
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