Air Masses and Fronts

How do we name air masses?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of front brings many days of precipitation.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Occluded fronts include

• 2 cold air masses and 1 warm
• 2 warm air masses and 1 cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5