Air Masses and Seasons Review

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The cyclical movement of air caused by uneven heating, creating less dense areas of warm air moving upwards, then cooling, creating more dense areas of cooler air is know as...

The patterns of weather in a particular geographic area of the Earth over a long period of time is known as...

What is responsible for driving all weather on the planet?

The effect of the Earth's rotation causing air and water to curve in its path of movement is known as...

Which kind of instrument is NOT used for determining weather?

The west to east winds that circle the globe in between the poles and the equator in latitude and just beneath the stratosphere in elevation is know as the...

Which is the BEST description of an air mass over land, high in elevation, and very cold.

The envelope of mixed gasses held to Earth's surface by it's gravitational attraction is known as...