Weather Study Guide

Where does a air mass get its temperature and humidity from?

• storms that occur during its development

• the land or water it forms over

• evaporation

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Cold, dry air that formed over land in Canada that affects the northern United States in winter comes from what type of air mass

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• Maritime Tropical

• Maritime Polar

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The eye of a hurricane

• is calm

• has the highest winds

• rain

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What kind of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States?

• Cold and moist

• hot and dry

• hot and moist

• cold and dry

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Which air mass brings warm and moist air to Georgia?

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• Maritime Tropical

• Maritime Polar

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What causes a Hurricanes to form?

• evaporation from tropical waters

• heavy rainy season

• evaporation from cold water

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When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass, the result is a(an)

• stationary front.

• occluded front.

• warm front.

• cold front.

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Clouds that form near the ground and look like fluffy heaps of cotton are called ____________________.

• stratus

• cumulus

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Flat, layered grayish ____________________ clouds can cover most of the sky.

• stratus

• cumulus

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Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called

• nimbostratus clouds.

• cumulonimbus clouds.