Weather systems and weather patterns

What type of front would cause temperatures to cool?

• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Store Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Besides temperature what other characteristic is used to describe an air mass?

• Pressure
• Humidity
• Density
• Wind Speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What air mass would be COLD and WET?

• maritime Polar

• maritime Tropical

• continental Polar

• continental Tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which direction is the cold front moving that is shown on the map?

• Southeast
• Northwest
• West
• East

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front would most likely produce thunderstorms?

• Warm
• Cold
• Stationary
• Schist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What most likely will happen to much of Pennsylvania's weather in the next several hours?

• Temperatures increase; clear skies
• Temperatures decrease; precipition
• Temperatures decrease; clear skies
• Temperatures increase; precipitaiton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What characteristics would you associate with a Continental Tropical air mass?

• Dry and Cold
• Dry and Warm
• Wet and Cold
• Wet and Warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which front does cold air advance upon warm air?

• Warm
• Cold
• Occluded
• Stationary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which front is created when two cool air masses move towards a warm air mass?

• Warm
• Occluded
• Cold
• Stationary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which explains why most of the rain that falls comes from the ocean?

• The majority of evaporation takes place over the ocean.

• The majority of precipitation takes place over the ocean.

• Most rivers deposit fresh water into the ocean.

• Most clouds form near or over the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4