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Name Class Date

Chapter 20 Weather Patterns and SevereStorms

Section 2O.1Air Masses


Thissectiondescribes
air masses
andexplainshowtheyffict weather.

Reading Strategy
As you read, write a definition for each of the terms in the table. Refer
to the table as you read the rest of the chapter. For more information
on this Reading Strategy, see the Reading and Study Skills in the
Skills and Reference Handbook at the end of your textbook.

Term Definition
Airmass a. A body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

Source
region b.
A region where air masses get their specific humidity and temperature

Polar
airmass c. Originate over the higher latitudes of both land and sea and are therefore

not as cold as Arctic air masses

Tropical
airmass d.
Originate over the lower latitudes of both land and sea and therefore are

warm/hot

Continental
airmass e. Originate over continents and are therefore dry air masses. A\

Maritime
airmass f, Originate over the oceans and are therefore moist air masses

Air Masses and Weather


L. Changes in weather pattems are often caused by movement of
Air Mass
@

2. @ Is the following sentencetrue or false?As an air mass moves, its @

characteristics change. True =


'>
3. Circle the letter of a common size for an air mass.
a. 600 km or less across
@

b. 1600km or more across @

c. L6,000km or more across


d.160,000km or more across

Earth ScienceGuided Reading and Study Workbook . 146


Name Class Date
Chapter 20 Weather Patterns and Severe Storms

Glassifying Air Masses


4. Identify each labeled air
mass on the figure as
continental tropical,
continental polar, maritime
polaq, or maritime tropical.
A. mP
B. cP

C. cP

mP
D.
mT
E.
cT
F.
mT
G.
5. @ List two characteristics
used to classifu air masses. Humidity and Temperature

6. Circle the letter of the terms that describe the temperature


characteristics of an air mass.
a. continental and maritime
b. continental and tropical
c. polar and maritime
d. polar and tropical
a
o
E
Weather in North America
6

.9t
7. @ Is the following sentencetrue or false? Much of the weather in
eastern NorthAmerica is influenced by continental tropical and
maritime polar air masses True
o

E 8. Although Continental alr massesare not usually associated


o with heavy precipitation, they can sometimes cause lake-effect snow.
'h

p 9. circle the letter of the type of air mass that is the source of much of
the precipitation that falls on the eastern united states.
a. continental tropical b. maritime tropical
c. maritime polar d. continental polar
10. Is the following sentence true or false? Ilr the winter, maritime
polar air massesoften bring rain and snow to the west coast of
NorthAmerica. True

11. I4/hat causesIndian summer? cT air masses that move over the Great plains in the summer

Earth ScienceGuided Reading and Study Workbook . 147

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