Weather Fronts and Air Masses

Weather Fronts and Air Masses

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6th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an air mass?

Back

A large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity throughout.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of air mass forms over water and is warm and humid?

Back

Maritime tropical.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of air mass forms over the ocean near the equator?

Back

Maritime tropical.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How is a warm front represented on a weather map?

Back

By red semicircles.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is formed when a cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass?

Back

Cold front.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of air mass is cold and forms over land?

Back

Continental polar.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of air mass is warm and forms over land?

Back

Continental tropical.

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