weather+fronts+ics18oti

 ** The purpose of this module is to introduce air masses and weather fronts .. You will be able to describe from where they originate and some basic properties about each air mass affecting the United States. **
 * === Weather FrontsRead the information about Weather Fronts ===
 * === View: Cold and Warm Front Demonstration ===
 * ===Answer the questions below.===
 * 1) What happens when different types of are air masses collide? A front happens.
 * 2) What are the boundaries of air mass called?
 * 3) Define an air mass?
 * 4) How large may an air mass be?
 * 5) What does the term moist mean. it means that it is sticky and humid outside.
 * 6) If an air mass is humid what does that mean? it means it is low pressure.
 * 7) Describe an air mass which forms over Canada in terms of its temperature and moisture. CA continental artic air mass.
 * 8) Describe an air mass that forms over a desert in terms of its temperature and moisture.mp maritime polar.
 * 9) Describe an air mass that forms over water in Gulf of Mexico in terms of its temperature and moisture. cp continental polar.
 * 10) In the area of the Unites states, which way do cold air masses move? (North or South) because the wind pushes it.
 * 11) In the area of the Unites states which way do warm air masses move?down
 * 12) Why are Canadian air masses considered to be dry air masses? because it is so cold.
 * 13) What happens when a warm humid air mass meat a cold dry air mass?
 * 14) Why can cold air masses from Canada make it all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico?
 * 15) What is a front?
 * 16) What typically happens when two different types of fronts collide?
 * 17) What are the three types of fonts?
 * 18) Describe the temperature of the air behind a cold front.