GY 101 UA Final (test 3) 100% Top Score | Verified & Graded | 2024 Version|

How are air masses named? - Correct Answer Moisture Temperature What is required for the formation of an air mass? - Correct Answer Flat terrain Light winds What happens when air masses move? - Correct Answer Their properties change Where do air masses form? - Correct Answer Low and high latitudes Near the poles and near the equator Where do air masses interact? - Correct Answer In the middle latitudes How does Lake Effect snow happen? - Correct Answer Cold air mass passes over liquid water and then over cold land Name that Front: Cold, dry, stable air is replacing warm, moist, unstable air. Moves fast with showers along the leading edge - Correct Answer Cold Front Name that Front: Warm, moist, unstable air is replacing the cold, dry, stable air by overrunning it. The overrunning front rides up over the cold air creating widespread cloudiness and light to moderate precipitation well ahead of the front - Correct Answer Warm Front Name that Front: Essentially no movement, winds blow parallel to the front in opposite directions on both sides - Correct Answer Stationary Front Name that Front: When a cold front catches up to a warm front - Correct Answer Occluded Front What are the 4 mechanisms that can force air to rise? - Correct Answer Convection, Convergence, Orographic and Frontal lifting Which type of front is associated with heavy precipitation? - Correct Answer Cold Front What are the 4 life cycle stages of a middle latitude cyclone? - Correct Answer Cyclogenesis Open wave formation Occluding Dissipation What