Ch. 4 Weather Quiz

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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What type of storm front is this? 

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

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This is the symbol for a(n) _______________

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

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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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A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

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

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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 

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What type of cloud produces most thunderstorms?

• cumulonimbus
• Altostratus
• Stratus
• Cirrus

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What types of weather is associated with a maritime tropical?

• dry and warm
• dry and cold
• wet and cold
• wet and warm

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What type of air mass is created when neither air mass is stronger than another?

• Occluded
• cold 
• Stationary
• Warm

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6. Air masses develop because the Earth is heated unevenly.

• True
• False

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