Download AS Chapter 2 Lesson 2 *Vocab: Transatlantic Transcontinental

*Vocab:
Transatlantic
Transcontinental
Barometric pressure
Air masses
Fronts
Maritime
Continental
Wind Shifts
Visual flight rules
Stratiform
Cold front
Cirriform
Squall line
Stationary front
Occluded front
Terrain
Orographic lift
Windward
Leeward
Rain Shadow
AS Chapter 2 Lesson 2
*Need to know:
P-polar
T- tropical
C- continental
Maritime- water
Arctic- cold
Cold warm stationary and occluded – types of fronts
source region – determines type of air mass (ie. Maritime Tropical (warm moist))
Cold fronts create more dramatic wind shift
Leeward away from wind (Colorado Springs is on the leeward side of the Rockies)
1: How long do source regions generally maintain their temperature
and moisture levels?
2: The four types of fronts include all of the following EXCEPT
3: A/an ______ air mass sometimes produces low stratus clouds and
fog.
4: Winters can chill and dry out a warm, moist (mT) air mass drifting
north over land from the subtropics.
5: _______ is the result of having a low-pressure area next to a
higher-pressure area because air molecules in the higher-pressure
zone will migrate to the low-pressure area’s "roomier"
6: What can pilots who have a good understanding of high- and lowpressure wind patterns take advantage of?
7: What types of clouds will you continue to see dominating the sky
during passage of a cold front?
8: What comes about when the air ahead of the warm front is colder
than the cold front?
9: The shape of the land can force air masses in new directions.
10: What does a mountain’s leeward side tend to have less of than its
moist windward side?