STUDY JAMS - Air Masses and Fronts

What is an Air Mass?

• a place where weather always changes in an extreme way

• A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture

• any kind of cloud that produces rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What forms when two air masses meet and create weather?

• a formation

• a tornado

• warm air

• a front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?

• polar front

• hot front

• cold front

• warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why does a warm front usually bring a light and steady rain?

• A warm air mass violently crashes against a cold air mass, so the weather is wet.

• A warm air mass slowly climbs up over the cold air mass, so the weather is less intense

• Warm fronts bring extremely low air pressure

• Weather that is not intense always happens at any kind of front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which kind of front usually forms long, thin stratus clouds?

• Warm front

• Polar front

• cold front

• hot front

What is similar between the two kinds of maritime air masses?

• types of clouds they form

• amount of moisture in the air

• geographic location

• types of clouds they form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What would most likely happen if a continental polar air mass clashed with a continental tropical air mass?

• Clouds would form, and they would bring light and steady rainfall

• Stratus clouds would form, and they would make the day warmer

• Cumulus clouds would form, and a big thunderstorm would occur

• The clouds would disappear, and the day would become clear and sunny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5