Air Masses and Fronts

What type of front brings warm and humid weather to an area?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This event can best be identified as what?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass causing the warm air to rise. This  event can best be identified as — 

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This front may bring fog or a gentle rain.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary that forms between two air masses when they meet is called a...

• front
• storm line
• squall line
• midaltitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When two unlike air masses meet, what usually keeps them separate?

• temperature difference
• moisture difference
• differences in density
• differences in pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of weather is associated with a cold front?

• heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, and snow for short periods of time 
• Steady, light rain or snow can occur for longer periods of time 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what is an air mass?

• a large body of air that is made of the same temperature and moisuture
• when two air masses meet 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A(n) _____________ is the boundary where two air masses meet.

• air mass

• storm

• collision

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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