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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass is called a _________________warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass is called a _____________________.warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 3. Multiple ChoiceCold and warm masses meet, but neither can move the other is called a ______________________warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses is called a ________________________.warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA huge body of air that has similar temperature and humidity at any given height is called an __________________________.frontjet streamair masscyclone
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following air masses would be characterized as warm and dry?Maritime tropicalContinental tropicalMaritime polarContinental polar
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a front?The boundary where two like air masses meet.The boundary where two unlike air masses meet
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the only front that has three air masses?warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich front would you possibly see heavy rain or snow fall?warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich front has the symbol of blue triangles?warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich front has the symbol of a red line with half circles?warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn the winter, Continental polar air masses bring what type of air to North America?dry and warmhumid and colddry and coldhumid and warm
- 13. Multiple ChoiceContinental tropical air masses form from the South and bring what type of air to southern plains?dry and colddry and warmhumid and coldhumid and warm
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area is known as ______________________.latitudeweatherclimatealtitude
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of air mass brings cool, humid weather to the West Coast of the United States?maritime tropicalcontinental tropicalmaritime polarcontinental polar
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