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Test Description: Air mass location and resulting weather characteristics.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which surface features would give an air mass mT characteristics?

Acold, moist surfaces Bwarm, moist surfaces Cwarm, dry surfaces Dcold, dry surfaces

2) The properties of an airmass depend mainly on the

Asize of the airmass Brotation of the Earth Cwind speed within the airmass Dcharacteristics of the surface over which the airmass was formed

3) The characteristics of an airmass which formed over the Gulf of Mexico would probably be

Awarm and dry Bwarm and humid Ccool and dry Dcool and humid

4) An air mass originating over the North Pacific Ocean would most likely be

Amaritime polar Bcontinental polar Cmaritime tropical Dcontinental tropical

5) On a weather map, an airmass that is very warm and dry would be labeled

AmP BmT CcT DcP

6) A mT airmass would most likely originate over which type of Earth surface?

Acold and dry Bwarm and dry Cwarm and moist Dcold and moist

7) Compared to a maritime tropical airmass, a maritime polar airmass has

Ahigher temperature and less water vapor Bhigher temperature and more water vapor Clower temperature and more water vapor Dlower temperature and less water vapor

8) In which geographic region are air masses most often warm with a high moisture content?

ACentral Canada BNorth Pacific Ocean CCentral Mexico DGulf of Mexico

9) An airmass originating over north central Canada would most likely be

Acold and dry Bwarm and moist Ccold and moist Dwarm and dry

10) Which symbol would be used to identify an airmass originating in central Canada?

AmP BcT CcP DmT

*select an answer for all questions

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