AIR MASSES AND FRONTS

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do we name air masses?

Water and temperature

Air pressure

Humidity and temperature

Cold and warm

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

Dry

Wet

Cold

Warm

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This event can best be identified as what?

cold front

warm front

stationary front

occluded front

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is the correct symbol for an occluded front?

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of air mass would be moist and cold?

mT

mP

cT

cP

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

warm front

cold front

occluded front

stationary front

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An air mass is cold and dry. Which type of air mass is being described?

Tropical Maritime

Tropical Continental

Polar Maritime

Polar Continental

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which type of energy drives the water cycle?

Solar energy

Nuclear Energy

Run off

Condensation

9.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What does symbol # 3 mean?

stationary front

occluded front

warm front

cold front

10.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

this a large volume of air with a characteristic temperature and humidity

cloud

isobar

millibar

air mass

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is a front?

A place where air masses meet

the front part of a storm

An area of very high wind

an area that has fair weather

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

When is the temperature in an area most likely to rise?

after a cold front passes over the area

before a cold front passes over the area

after a warm front passes over the area

before a warm front passes over the area

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When a warm front occurs, what type of weather does it bring?

thunderstorms

warm and clear

hail

clouds and long rains

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of front is over Ohio?

Warm front

Cold front

Occluded front

Stationary Front

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

amount of water vapor in the air

cloud

fog

air pressure

humidity

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

cold, moist air mass that is formed over the ocean in polar areas

continental polar

continental tropical

maritime polar

maritime tropical

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses (brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow)

occluded front

stationary front

warm front

cold front

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

brings severe weather of thunderstorms

stationary front

warm front

occluded front

cold front

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mass of WARM AIR (brings warm, wet weather)

jet stream

high pressure area

low pressure area

front

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When a WARM AIR MASS pushes into a cold air mass.

Cold Front

Warm Front

Jet Stream

Occluded front

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A boundary between two air masses that more or less doesn’t move, but some stationary fronts can wobble back and forth for several hundred miles a day.

Stationary Front

Warm Front

Cold Front

Occluded Front

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which type of front is displayed?

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

An air mass is a large blob of air that is defined by its temperature and ____________________.

Elevation (altitude)

Water vapor content (humidity)

Strength

Weather

24.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which type of air mass is warm and humid?

Continental polar

Continental tropical

Maritime polar

Maritime tropical

25.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

26.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why does warm air rise above cold air?

Warm air is less dense

Warm air is more dense

Cold air is stronger than warm air

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Maritime air is _______.

Dry

Moist

Hot

Cold

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Large body of air with similar temperature, pressure, and humidity.

Cold front

Warm front

High pressure system

Air mass

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This type of front brings short bursts of severe weather followed by steady precipitation for a day or two.

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which situation best describes how a thunderstorm is formed? S6E4.d

Thunderstorms typically occur, when warm, moist air meets cool, dry air.

This is the result of incorrectly thinking air masses of different temperatures do not need to collide in order for thunderstorms to be likely.

This is the result of incorrectly thinking air masses of different temperatures do not need to collide in order for thunderstorms to

be likely.

This is the result of incorrectly thinking air masses of different temperatures do not need to collide in order for thunderstorms to

be likely.

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