1. This storm system uses the warm water of the Atlantic ocean to gain energy. 1. Air Mass 2. Warm Front 3. Hurricanes 4. Cold Front 2. Lower temperatures, clear skies, and a very small amount of precipitation. 1. High Pressure System 2. Polar Air Mass 3. Air Mass 4. Low Pressure System 3. A large body of air that is characterized by similar temperatures and amounts of moisture at any given altitude. 1. Warm Front 2. Air Mass 3. Hurricanes 4. Polar Air Mass 4. A warm air mass that forms or comes from the equator. 1. Continental Air Mass 2. Polar Air Mass 3. Air Mass 4. Tropical Air Mass 5. A moist air mass that forms over oceans. 1. Continental Air Mass 2. Maritime (Marine) Air Mass 3. Tropical Air Mass 4. Polar Air Mass 6. Air mass located at or near or coming from the Earth's poles. 1. Polar Air Mass 2. Air Mass 3. Continental Air Mass 4. Tropical Air Mass 7. A dry air mass that forms over land. 1. Air Mass 2. Polar Air Mass 3. Tropical Air Mass 4. Continental Air Mass
8. A high-‐speed high-‐altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere. 1. Air Mass 2. Cold Front 3. Jet Stream 4. Warm Front 9. Brings wet, warmer temperatures, high cloud cover, high winds. 1. Jet Stream 2. Polar Air Mass 3. Low Pressure System 4. High Pressure System 10.When warm air rises over and replaces a retreating mass of cool air. 1. Air Mass 2. Warm Front 3. Hurricanes 4. Cold Front 11. When cool air pushes or wedges itself under a mass of warm air. 1. Cold Front 2. Warm Front 3. Air Mass 4. Jet Stream