CHAPTER EIGHT: QUESTIONS 1.
From where would you expect an air mass labeled mT to come from as an example? a. Antarctica b. The Arctic Sea c. The Pacific Ocean d. Africa
2.
From where might you expect an air mass labeled CP to come from? a. Siberia b. Northern South America c. The mid-Atlantic region d. Africa
3.
What will you least likely see when a cold front is passing through? a. Thunderstorms b. Narrow precipitation band c. Layered, stratiform clouds d. Windy conditions
4.
What feature will you not see associate with the dryline in the United States? a. Moist air to the West b. Traveling eastward in the afternoon c. Retreat westward in the nighttime d. Narrow band of showers with progression
5.
Where on earth will you see the main hot and dry source region? a. Midwest America b. Sahara Desert c. Pacific Southwest d. Russia
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