Unit 08
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UNIT 08
NAME THE 4 AIR MASSES.
continental Polar -
cP
continental
Tropical – cT
maritime Polar- mP
maritime Tropical -
mT
WHAT CAUSES THE
WIND?
The unequal heating
of the Earth’s surface
by the Sun.
WHAT DOES CT STAND
FOR?
Continental
tropical
A HIGH WIND CURRENT HIGH IN
THE EARTH’S TROPOSHPERE
BETWEEN 2 DIFFERENT
TEMPERATURE AIR MASSES.
Jet stream
WHAT DOES CP STAND
FOR?
Continental
polar
WHAT DOES MT STAND
FOR?
Maritime
tropical
WHAT DOES MP STAND
FOR?
Maritime
polar
Jet Strea
m
? ?
Polar jet stream
Subtropical jet
stream
H
High
pressure
WHEN THE SUN HEATS EARTH,
WHICH PART OF THE EARTH HEATS
UP QUICKLY?
Land heats rapidly,
and it cools off
rapidly
L
Low
pressure
WARM,DRY AIR,
LOW HUMIDITY
CONTINENTAL TROPICAL
COLD, MOIST AIR,
HIGH HUMIDITY
Maritime
polar
JET STREAMS FLOW FROM ______
_______ DUE TO THE CORIOLIS EFFECT.
West to East
WARM,MOIST AIR,
HIGH HUMIDITY
Maritime
tropical
EARTH ROTATES ON
ITS ______
axis
WARM,DRY AIR,
LOW HUMIDITY
Continental
tropical
EARTH ROTATES
________________
Counterclock
wise
AIR PRESSURE MOVES FROM
_____ PRESSURE TO ______
PRESSURE
High to Low
WHICH PART OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE
RECEIVES THE MOST DIRECT RAYS
FROM THE SUN?
equator
_________ IS THE PHYSICAL PROPERTY
OF HOT AIR RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTION CURRENTS.
Density