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