Air Masses and Fronts

How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

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A wet, cold air mass would be - 

• maritime tropical 
• maritime polar
• continental tropical 
• continental polar

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A dry and cold air mass would be...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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If an air mass formed over land, and is mostly dry, which descriptor will likely be part of its name?

• Tropical

• Arctic

• Maritime

• Continental

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When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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What type of storm front is this? 

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

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In a high pressure area, the weather will likely be

• cooler and clear skies
• warm but cloudy
• cold and rainy
• snowy and clear

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What is a boundary area where air masses meet but do not mix?

• low pressure system
• super cell
• front
• high pressure system

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