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Select the correct response to each of the following true/false questions.

1 .       Areas in which air masses originate are called development regions. 

 
 


2 .       Continental arctic (cA) air is distinguished from cP air by its generally warmer temperatures. 

 
 


3 .       Continental polar (cP) and continental arctic (cA) air masses are typically stable bodies of air. 

 
 


4 .       In the middle latitudes, most atmospheric disturbances occur along the boundaries separating air masses. 

 
 


5 .       An air mass with the designation w is likely to be stable. 

 
 


6 .       The moisture content of an air mass is related to its temperature. 

 
 


7 .       The southern United States never experiences cP or cA air masses. 

 
 


8 .       Maritime polar (mP) air from the North Pacific has a strong influence on the weather along the west Coast of North America, especially in the winter. 

 
 


9 .       It often takes several days for an air mass to traverse an area. 

 
 


10 .       Lifting over a mountain barrier will probably not produce any appreciable modification to an air mass. 

 
 






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