Weather Modified

A fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass is called a _________________

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass is called a _____________________.

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Cold and warm masses meet, but neither can move the other is called a ______________________

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses is called a ________________________.

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

Which of the following air masses would be characterized as warm and dry?

• Maritime tropical

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

What is a front?

• The boundary where two like air masses meet.
• The boundary where two unlike air masses meet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which front has the symbol of blue triangles?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Which front has the symbol of a red line with half circles?

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

In the winter, Continental polar air masses bring what type of air to North America?

• dry and warm

• humid and cold

• dry and cold

As you move towards the poles, what happens to temperature?

• temperature becomes hotter

• temperature becomes colder

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6