The sources of air masses occur only in low and high latitudes because

A) middle-latitude weather is too variable.
B) middle-latitude weather is not variable enough.
C) there are no oceans in the middle latitudes.
D) there is insufficient contrast in surface type (land vs. ocean) in the middle latitudes.


Answer: A

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