Air Masses & Weather Fronts (ESS.10)

The tools that weather forecasters use to predict the weather measure things like:

(Choose all that apply)

• air pressure

• ice in the river

• wind

• humidity

• stars

Humid weather is when there is a lot of _______ or water vapor in the air.

• dust

• pollen

• moisture

• clouds

The temperature near the equator is _____, air masses that form there are _____.

• hot; warm

• cold; warm

• warm; cold

• warm; cool

A large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity is called?

• weather front

• stationary front

• air mass

• convection cell

A type of weather front where warm air masses overtake cold air masses is called?

• warm front

• prevailing winds

• weather cycle

• humidity

Some different kinds of weather fronts are:

(Choose all that apply)

• cold fronts

• warm fronts

• rainy fronts

• stationary fronts

The circulation of air due to heating and cooling of molecules is called?

• weather front

• humidity

• stationary front

• convection cell

_____ winds, which are winds that blow in one direction, move air masses around.

• Moving

• Circular

• Prevailing

• Open

When two air masses _____, they form a weather front.

• open

• stop

• collide

• move

A type of weather front where an air mass gets separated from the ground by a fast-moving cold air mass, resulting in heavy rain is called?

• stationary front

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front