Unit 5 - Weather and Climate

Which type of air mass will drop temperature around the 30 degrees Fahrenheit in Florida?

• Polar Air Mass

• Tropical Air Mass

• Low Pressure

• High Pressure

The arrows on the map represent the movement of air masses across North America.
Air mass 1 would most likely bring which weather conditions to a region?

• cool and dry
• warm and dry
• cool and humid
• warm and humid

How does a warm front form? 

• Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses
• two air masses meet and stay separated
• Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.
• Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up

What the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area is known as which of the following?

• weather

• climate

• Coriolis effect

• global warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This front can cause tornadoes when a warm air mass collides with a cold air mass and is quickly forced upward.

• occluded front

• stationary front

• warm front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This front occurs when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass and stops.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A student states the weather is the same as the climate. Which response BEST tells the student the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is about the wind and the rain, but climate is about the clouds.
• Weather is the conditions in one day, but climate is the conditions over a long time.
• Weather is measured with tools like thermometers, but climate is measured with tools like forecasts.
• Weather is recorded on charts, but climate is recorded on world maps.

Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.

• Occluded Front 
• Cold Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

• air mass

• front

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

• global warming

• greenhouse effect

• warm front

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5