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El frente polar…The polar front is defined as:

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Correct answer: a) The boundary line between cold dry polar air and warm moist tropical air.

Why it is correct

The polar front is the mid-latitude boundary where cold, dry polar air masses meet warm, moist tropical air masses, giving rise to frontal depressions.

Why the others are not

  • b) Temperatures at the Poles are very low.
  • c) It separates polar and tropical air masses, not winds from calms.
  • d) Its definition is the boundary between polar and tropical air.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Polar front: boundary between cold polar and warm tropical air.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Weather visuals

Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.