Name _____________________________________________________________ Period ______________________
Unit 4, Lesson 3 – Influences of Weather Study Guide (86)
Define: Include in your answer the temperature or humidity and where each air mass comes from.
1. Tropical air mass–
2. Polar air mass3. Maritime air mass –
4. Continental air mass –
Using the diagram above describe each air mass.
A–
D-
B–
E-
C-
F-
Directions: Define, draw, use arrows to show the movement of air, and what weather comes before and after the front
5. Cold front
6. Warm front
9. Stationary front
10. What does density have to do with fronts?
11. Fill in the chart.
Low pressure
Air is rising or sinking?
Winds movement
counter -clockwise or clockwise?
Weather associated with the
pressure system
cloudy or clear?
12. Water cycle –
13. Condensation –
High pressure
14. Evaporation –
15. Humidity –
16. Barometer –
17. When the barometer is falling what weather could occur?
18. When the barometer is rising what weather could occur?
19. Where do cold water currents come from? ____________________________________ What affect do they
have on the coastal regions they flow by?
20. Where do warm water currents come from? ___________________________________ What affect do they
have on the coastal regions they flow by?
21. Infrared radiation –
22. Ultraviolet radiation -