Select All of the Following Statements That Are True About

question 95

Multiple Choice

Select all of the following statements that are true about air masses.

• A) Air masses are named by their height and appearance.
• B) An air mass derives its characteristics from a source region.
• C) An air mass is any large body of the lower atmosphere that has fairly uniform conditions of temperature and moisture.
• D) An air mass that moves from the northern Pacific Ocean to northern Canada, where it stagnates for a couple of weeks in January, will tend to warm up because the land is still warm relative to the lower atmosphere.
• E) Air masses are named by their temperature and humidity characteristics.

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Definitions:

RNA Synthesis

The process of transcribing RNA molecules from DNA templates, a crucial step in gene expression.

Transcription

The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template.

Polypeptide Chain

A series of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds, forming part of or the whole primary structure of a protein.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis.