Air Masses and Fronts

What are air masses?

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

Maritime tropical air masses form over warm ocean water.

• true
• false

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 

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

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold Front
• Warm Front

What kind of pressure predicts good weather?

• high
• low
• cold
• stationary

Which front does this image represent ? 

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

Which front does this image represent ? 

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