Air Masses - Lesson 3

When a cold front occurs, what kind of weather will be produced?

• snow

• sleet

• nothing

• thunderstorms

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Which one moves faster? A cold front or a warm front?

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What way does the wind spiral in an anticyclone?

• Counter Clockwise

• Horizontal Twist

• Clockwise

• Vertical Twist

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What type of weather is in the anticyclone? Choose all that apply.

• clear

• wet

• dry

• cloudy

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What are the four types of air masses?

• Countour tropical

  Mass Tropical

  Contour Polar

  Mass Polar

• Maritime Tropical

  Continental Tropical

  Maritime Polar

  Continental Polar

• Atlantic Tropical

  Pacific Tropical

  Arctic Tropical

  Indian Tropical

• Western Polar

  Southern Polar

  Easter Polar

  Northern Polar

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What front happens after a warm front occurs?

• another warm front

• a cold front

• a stationary front

• an occluded front

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What kind of precipitation occurs after a warm front passes through? Choose two that apply.

• hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

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What is the process in which an occluded front is formed?

• air masses

• cyclogenesis

• anticyclone

• cylcone

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True or False? Occluded fronts usually form around areas of low atmospheric pressure.

• True

• False

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What will happen if the wind changes in a stationary front?

• nothing will happen

• an occluded front will occur

• it will break or create another front

• gravity will help the wind and nothing will happen.

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