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En relación con el Frente Polar:Regarding the Polar Front and its activity:

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Correct answer: d) It separates polar air masses from tropical ones, being active only along the frontogenetic zones it crosses.

Why it is correct

The Polar Front separates polar air masses from tropical ones and is discontinuous, being active across the frontogenetic regions where the two masses converge.

Why the others are not

  • a) Arctic and polar air are separated by the Arctic front.
  • b) In summer it retreats northwards and weakens.
  • c) It separates the Polar cell from the Ferrel cell.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Polar Front: separates polar and tropical air; active in frontogenetic zones.

Where this question comes from

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