Predicting Weather Practice Quiz

The condition of the atmosphere at a given time or place is called

• climate

• weather

• evaporation

• forecast

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The pattern of seasonal weather that happens year after year, and is usually watched over a period of 30 years.

• weather

• air mass

• climate

• front

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Large areas of air that have the same properties are called

• fronts

• air masses

• tornadoes

• atmopsheres

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Weather stays the same throughout an air mass.

• True

• False

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Where do air masses usually form?

• Near the ground.

• Near poles or the Equator.

• Near mountaintops.

• Outside of the atmosphere.

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What are the boundaries called where two air masses with different temperatures meet?

• maps

• regions

• fronts

• thermospheres

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Which type of front forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass?

• cold

• warm

• stationary

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Which type of front forms when a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass?

• cold

• warm

• stationary

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Which type of front forms when air masses are not moving?

• cold

• warm

• stationary

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Which type of front can cause rainy weather to last for days?

• cold

• warm

• stationary

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