Weather 2

What are air masses?

• Large pockets of air that may cover ten thousand or more square miles
• temperature
• wind
• water

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 

Air masses are named for ______.

• the type of air they contain 
• animals
•  people
•  where they where they form 

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

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

When two air masses meet, what happens?

• The weather changes and precipitation usually occurs.
• wind
• water
• volcano

Warm air is ______.

• less dense than cold air 
• lighter than cold air
• thinner than cold air 
• all of the above

When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?

• cold front
• warm front
• hot front
• polar front

This type of front can bring strong storms

• cold
• warm
• stationary
• occluded

This type of front results in the same weather for several days

• warm
• cold
• stationary
• occluded

A cold front moving into an area can bring this type of weather...

• Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies
• Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies
• Warmer Temperatures, Clouds
• Colder Temperatures, Clouds, and Precipitation