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Air Masses and Life Cycles of Weather Systems
1. What is the atmosphere made of?
2. Why is water vapor important?
3. What is ozone?
4. Label the layers of the Atmosphere.
5. How do clouds form?
6. Distinguish between low pressure belts and high pressure belts.
7. What causes air pressure differences which ultimately produce the wind patterns
around the Earth?
8. List and describe the four regions that air masses form:
9. Distinguish between continental polar and continental tropical air masses.
10. Distinguish between maritime polar and maritime tropical air masses.
11. Define a Front:
12. List the four types of fronts:
13. Describe a cold front:
14. What is a squall line?
15. Describe a warm front:
16. Distinguish between a stationary and occluded front:
17. Describe mid-latitude cyclones:
18. Distinguish between a hurricane and a cyclone:
19. Describe how hurricanes form:
20. What is Latent Heat?
21. Why is a storm surge so dangerous?
22. How are hurricanes categorized?
23. What produces a tornado?