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What is the study of atmospheric phenomena?
a) Cosmotology
b) Meteorology
c) Nephology
d) Mineralogy

What is weather?
a) The average conditions over a period of time.
b) The past states of the atmosphere.
c) The future states of the atmosphere.
d) The current state of the atmosphere.

What is climate?
a) The average weather over a long period of time.
b) The average weather over a short period of time.
c) The current state of the atmosphere.
d) The average of weather experienced over the past week.

The continual motion of air and water redistributes heat energy from
a) Earth's surface
b) The oceans
c) The atmosphere
d) All of the above

What is an air mass?
a) Air that has mass.
b) A body of air that simply flows over an area.
c) A large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms.
d) A small body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms.

What air mass is cT?
a) Continental tropical
b) Maritime tropical
c) Continental polar
d) Maritime polar

Which air mass is mP?
a) Continental tropical
b) Maritime tropical
c) Continental polar
d) Maritime polar

Where do maritime polar air masses form over?
a) The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
b) The cold land of northern Canada and Greenland.
c) The cold waters of the North Atlantic or North Pacific.
d) The warm land of Central America.

Where do cP air masses form over?
a) The cold land of Canada and Alaska.
b) The cold waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
c) The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean Sea.
d) The warm land of Central America.

How are air masses modified?
a) They do not change.
b) They move back to the area over where they originally formed and intensify.
c) They move over a new area and exchange heat and moisture, acquiring new characteristics as it does.
d) Pollution is absorbed and changes the air mass.

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