1. What are the 4 main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for?
The four main types of air masses are mT, mP, cT, cM. C stands for contanental. P stands for polar. T stands for tropical. M stands for maritime.


2. Which kind of air mass is most likely to bring hurricanes? Why?
Maritime tropical air masses are likely to bring hurricanes because hurricanes require warm, wet air.



3. Which kind of air mass(es) is most likely to bring a drought? Why?
A contanental tropical (cT) air mass is likely to bring a drought because droughts happen in hot dry air which is the kind of air than cT air masses bring.



4. Which kind of air mass(es) bring lake-effect snowstorms? (check p. 561)
Contanental polar air masses bring lake-effect snowstorms.



5. Today we learned about the 4 main types of air masses. In reality, there are many more than four. List and explain 2 other air masses.
Two other kinds of air masses are Arctic and Highland.