Earth Systems Vocabulary Quiz

Which air mass develops at the poles and over land?

• Maritime Tropical

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Which air mass develops at the equator and over land?

• Maritime Tropical

• Martime Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

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Which air mass develops at the poles and over the ocean?

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Martime Polar

• Continental Tropical

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Which air mass develops at the equator and over ocean?

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Martime Tropical

• Continental Polar

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Which pressure system brings clear skies, cool temperature, and dry air?

• Low Pressure

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• High Pressure

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Which pressure system brings warm air, most air, and stormy weather?

• Low Pressure

• Cold Front

• Warm front

• High Pressure

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What is the boundary between two air masses?

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Front

• Air Mass

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A large body of air that has the same characteristics such as temperature and humidity, over which it was formed.

• Front

• Air Mass

• Humidity

• Weather

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The measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• Humidity

• Precipitation

• weather

• rain

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What front has cold air that advances towards warm air that pushes warm up up fast?

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

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