Weather: Air Pressure and Fronts

What is a boundary where two air masses meet?

• thunderstorm

• high pressure system

• front

• low pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Does this diagram show a warm front or a cold front?

• Cold front

• Warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

You are climbing a mountain. as you climb the air pressure is...

• not changing

• increasing

• decreasing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a high pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and stormy

• warmer and wetter

• warmer and stormy

• cooler and clear skies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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In a low pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and stormy

• warmer and clear skies

• warmer and stormy

• cooler and clear skies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds are caused by differences in...

• air pressure

• humidity

• temperature

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Does cold air rise or sink?

• rise

• sink

What is the weather instrument that measures air pressure?

• wind vane

• anemometer

• thermometer

• barometer

What is the weather instrument that measures wind speed?

• wind vane

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

What is a large body of air with about the same temperature throughout it called?

• cloud

• front

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5