Select all of the following statements that are true about air masses.
A) Air masses are named by their height and appearance.
B) An air mass derives its characteristics from a source region.
C) An air mass is any large body of the lower atmosphere that has fairly uniform conditions of temperature and moisture.
D) An air mass that moves from the northern Pacific Ocean to northern Canada, where it stagnates for a couple of weeks in January, will tend to warm up because the land is still warm relative to the lower atmosphere.
E) Air masses are named by their temperature and humidity characteristics.
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Q1: The air mass that mostly influences the
Q2: The air mass that originates over northern
Q3: On a weather map,a line with triangles
Q4: On a weather map,a line with alternating
Q5: The coldest air masses are the
A) cA
Q7: Cold fronts are typically characterized by
A) a
Q8: The air mass that originates over the
Q9: Label each of the areas on the
Q10: In the United States,with the passage of
Q11: On a weather map,a line with semicircles
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