Air masses and fronts

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

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

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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

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of weather would you expect to see after a cold front has passed through an area?

• cool and clear skies
• warm and humid
• thunderstorms
• foggy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass do not have enough energy to move the other one out of the way?

• Warm front

• Cold 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

This front may bring fog or a gentle rain.

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• front

• air mass

• cloud

• tornado