Air Masses, Fronts, and Forecasts

What kind of front occurs when there is not enough wind for either the cold or warm air mass to move?

• Cold Front
• Warm Front 
• Stationary Front
• None of the above

What kind of front quickly pushes up warm air mass and can cause thunderstorms?

• Cold Front
• Warm Front 
• Stationary Front
• None of the above

What is high humidity?

• A lot of water vapor in the air
• No water vapor in the air
• Water vapor in the air and low pressure
• Water vapor in the air and high pressure

An air mass is a large area of air that has the same

• temperature and humidity 
• density and temperature
• volume and humidity
• area and temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If the air is coming from the desert, what will it feel like?

• hot and dry
• hot a moist
• cold and dry
• cold and moist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is shown in the symbol?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front

Which type of front is shown in the symbol?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front

What causes wind?

• Uneven heating of Earth's surface
• Ocean Currents
• Rotation of the Earth
• The Coriolis Effect

Air flows from...

• high to low pressure

• low to high pressure

• north to south

• south to north

Clouds affect the air temperature.

• True

• False