Air and Water

Which type of air mass is dry and warm?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

Which type of air mass is warm and humid?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

A(n) _____________ is the boundary where two air masses meet.

• air mass

• storm

• collision

• front

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Which tropical storm has winds that can reach up to 120 km/hr and can be up to 1500 km in diameter?

• Hurricanes

• Hailstorms

• Thunderstorms

• Tornadoes

The air in the center of a tornado has...

• High pressure, so that materials on the ground can be rapidly sucked up

• Low pressure, so that materials on the ground can be rapidly sucked up

• Pressures vary between high and low, so that materials spin around in a circle

• Medium pressure

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

As plants and animals in the ocean die, the nutrients produced from their decay _____.

• are recycled by the Global Conveyor Belt

• sink to the bottom

• are destroyed by sunlight

• become coral reefs

Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Rise