Air Masses and Fronts Quiz

An air mass is a huge body of air with similar pressure,_______

• Temperature and humidity

• color and temperature

• fluffiness and color

• cloudiness and temperature

What do you call an air mass that is humid, formed over water, in a warm region?

• Maritime polar

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime tropical

What do you call an air mass that is dry, formed over land, in a cold region?

• Maritime polar

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime tropical

A __________ front forms when warm air moves in and over cold air.

• cold

• warm

• occluded

• stationary

A __________ front forms when cold air moves in underneath warm air, forcing warm air to rapidly rise.

• warm

• occluded

• stationary

• cold

A __________ front occurs when cold and warm air meet, but neither one has enough force to move the other.

• warm

• occluded

• stationary

• cold

Which front can result in the most severe, violent storms?

• warm

• occluded

• stationary

• cold