Meteorology Quizizz

When 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

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

What does symbol # 3 mean?

• stationary front
• occluded front
• warm front
• cold front

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ______. 

• stationary front 
•  cold front 
• occluded front
• warm front 

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

• snow  
• sunny and fair
• rain and/or thunderstorms 
•  cool and dry 

What is the name for this air mass:
Formed over land in a cold region so the air is dry & cold with high pressure.This air mass is called______________?

• Continental polar
• maritime polar
• Continental tropical
• Maritime tropical

What is the name for this air mass?
Formed over ocean in a cold region so the air is wet & cold with high pressure

• Continental polar
• maritime polar
• Continental tropical
• maritime tropical

What is the name for this air mass?
formed over land in a warm region so the air is dry & warm with low pressure

• Continental polar
• maritime polar
• continental tropical
• maritime tropical

What type of front is this?
When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and slides under it, pushing it up very quickly, making huge tower of cumulonimbus clouds; results in colder weather, thunderstorms and/or possibly tornadoes.

• Cold front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front