1. What is an air mass? 2. What 2 factors characterize an air mass? 3. What determines the two characteristics of an air mass? 4. What would a cold and wet air mass be called? 5. What would a warm and dry air mass be called? 6. What type of air mass do you think would form over Canada? 7. What kind of weather is associated with a cold front? 8. What kind of weather is associated with a warm front? 9. What symbol on a map represents a warm front? 10. What symbol on a map represents a cold front? 11. What type of weather is associated with a stationary front? 12. How does an occluded front form? 13. What kind of weather can an occluded front bring? 14. What is the symbol on a map to show an occluded front?​

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Explanation:

1) air mass:- An air mass is a large volume of air in the atmosphere that is mostly uniform in temperature and moisture.

2) Air masses are characterized by their temperature and humidity properties.

3) ( same answer i.e. temperature and humidity properties).

4) Colder air masses are termed polar or arctic, while warmer air masses are deemed tropical. Continental and superior air masses are dry while maritime and monsoon air masses are moist. Weather fronts separate air masses with different density (temperature or moisture) characteristics.

5) Continental air masses are characterized by dry air near the surface while maritime air masses are moist. Polar air masses are characterized by cold air near the surface while tropical air masses are warm or hot. Arctic air masses are extremely cold.

6) Maritime air masses form over water and are humid. Continental air masses form over land and are dry. Therefore, an air mass that develops over northern Canada is called a continental polar air mass and is cold and dry.

7) Commonly, when the cold front is passing, winds become gusty; there is a sudden drop in temperature, and heavy rain, sometimes with hail, thunder, and lightning. Lifted warm air ahead of the front produces cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms.

8) Warm fronts often bring stormy weather as the warm air mass at the surface rises above the cool air mass, making clouds and storms. Warm fronts move more slowly than cold fronts because it is more difficult for the warm air to push the cold, dense air across the Earth's surface.

9) The symbol that is used to identify a warm front on a weather map is a red line with half circles that point in the direction in which the warm front is moving. The line represents the leading edge of the warmer air mass.

10) On weather maps, the surface position of the cold front is marked with the symbol of a blue line of triangles/spikes (pips) pointing in the direction of travel.

11) Because a stationary front marks the boundary between two air masses, there are often differences in air temperature and wind on opposite sides of it. The weather is often cloudy along a stationary front, and rain or snow often falls, especially if the front is in an area of low atmospheric pressure.

12)At an occluded front, the cold air mass from the cold front meets the cool air that was ahead of the warm front. The warm air rises as these air masses come together. Occluded fronts usually form around areas of low atmospheric pressure.

13) The warm air mass rises as the cool air masses push and meet in the middle. The temperature drops as the warm air mass is occluded, or “cut off,” from the ground and pushed upward. Such fronts can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation. Occluded fronts usually form around mature low pressure areas.

14)Occluded fronts are drawn as a solid purple line with half circles and triangles pointing in the direction that the front is moving. An occluded front usually brings dry air.