Air Masses Key Questions1. What are air masses?
2. How do air masses affect weather?
3. What are the types of air masses?
4. What air masses affect North America?
5. Which type of air mass most influences Georgia’s weather?
Do Now 3/12/141. When the ground becomes __________ no
more percolation will occur.
2. Crystal size is determined by the cooling rate of ___________ rocks.
3. The transfer of heat by waves is called _________.
4. Convection currents occur in the mantle in the section called ____________.
1. What are air masses?• Large bodies of air that have similar
temperatures and moisture all the waythrough.
2. How do air masses affect weather?
• The movement and interaction of air masses cause changes in weather.
3. What are the types of air masses? Continued…
• Continental - forms over the continents and are dry.
• cP = continental polar - dry and cold • cT = continental tropical - dry and warm• mT = maritime tropical - wet and warm• mP = maritime polar - wet and cold
4. What are the air masses that affect North America?