1. What is an air mass. Large area of air floating above us
What is an air mass? Large area of air floating above us. They bring warm/cold and wet/dry weather to your area.

2. Depending on if an air mass forms over an ocean or over land, it will create either wet or dry air. Depending on if an air mass forms over the north or the south, it will create either warm or cold air.

3. CA CP MP CT MT Continental Arctic Continental Polar Maritime Polar
Symbol
Names of air masses
Where they form
Weather they create CA
Continental
Arctic
Over the land in the north pole
AWAY from the equator
Dry and extremely cold weather CP
Continental Polar
Over the land in the north AWAY from the equator
Dry and cold weather MP
Maritime Polar
Over the oceans in the north AWAY from the equator
Wet and cold weather CT
Tropical
Over the land in the south NEAR the equator
Dry and warm weather MT
Maritime Tropical
Over the oceans in the south NEAR the equator
Wet and warm weather

4. Why do air masses move? Global wind currents push them across the Earth, as well as the United States.