Air Masses, Fronts, and Weather Forecasting

Zuri is a meteorologist. She is using a barometer. What feature of weather is Zuri studying with a barometer?

• humidity

• wind speed

• air pressure

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

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What characteristics are used to classify air masses?

• temperature and humidity
• pressure and temperature
• latitude and longitude
• wind speed and location 

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What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

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What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold Front
• Warm Front

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A meteorologist would use what to predict rainfall?

• Satellite
• Radar
• Weather map
• Station model

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When air masses meet, what is formed?

• A snow storm.

• A rain storm

• A front.

• A back.

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Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.

• True

• False

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A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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Why does warm air rise above cold air?

• Warm air is less dense

• Warm air is more dense

• Cold air is stronger than warm air

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