Weather

Where the boundary is between air masses.

• Tropical
• Temperate
• Front
• Climate

_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink

• cold
• warm
• moist
• dry

________ air is less dense and tends to  rise

• cold
• warm
• moist
• dry

Rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

A moving warm air mass collides with a slowly moving cold air mass is called a.....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

________ form over warm water as a low-pressure area.

• Thunder storm
• Water spout
• Tornado
• Hurricane

Which of the following is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to space?

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
• troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, stratosphere
• thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere
• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, exosphere, thermosphere

Air pressure is greatest:

• closer to Earth
• farther from Earth

A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm
• blizzard

A severe storm that involves high winds and forms over water is:

• tornado
• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• blizzard