GLY 1001 Exam                           Name: ___________________

Chapter 19 Part L: Image Labeling

 

Identify each of the indicated air masses by selecting the correct response.

(Air mass diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

 

1. _____continental polar (Hudson Bay)

2. _____maritime tropical (Pacific)

3. _____continental tropical

4. _____maritime tropical (Gulf of Mexico)

5. _____maritime polar (Atlantic)

6. _____maritime polar (Pacific)

 

Identify the indicated features of an idealized middle-latitude cyclone by selecting the correct response.

(Middle-latitude cyclone diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

 

 

 

 

______ 6.  warm front

______ 7.  region of lowest pressure

______ 8.  cold front

_____ 9. mT air mass

_____10. cP air mass

 

Identify the type of weather front illustrated on this idealized diagram by selecting the correct response.

(Weather front diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

 

 

________11. Cold Front

________12. Warm Front

 

Match the following air mass characteristics with the correct abbreviation.

_____Warm, dry air                                       mP

_____Warm moist air                                    mT

_____Cold dry air                                          cP

_____mild humid air                                       cT