Isotherms/air masses/fronts

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does symbol # 3 mean?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink

• cold
• warm
• moist
• dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of front is pictured?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is pictured?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what are isotherms?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature
• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
• lines drawn to places of different temperatures
• lines drawn to places of different pressures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the lines on a weather map connect equal areas of temperature

• contour lines
• isotherms
• isobars
• longitude

this a large volume of air with a characteristic temperature and humidity

• cloud
• isobar
• millibar
• air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6