Air Masses and Fronts

What is an air mass?

• large body of air that has about the same characteristics

• large body of air that has different characteristics

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Air masses are either ________ and either _______.

• warm or cold

• moist or dry

• both

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Cold air masses form over warm places.

• true

• false

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What do dry air masses usually form over?

• oceans

• land

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How do weather changes happen?

• one air mass pushes out another air mass

• magically from the sky

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What is a front?

• when something is in front of you

• where two air masses meet

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Storms and precipitation take place along fronts.

• true

• false

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Give an example of precipitation:

Answer explanation

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How does a cold front form?

• cold air mass meets a warm air mass

• warm air mass meets a cold air mass

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How does a warm front form?

• a cold air mass meets a warm air mass

• a warm air mass meets a cold air mass

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