weather

Temperature and wind speed are measurements of what substance?

• rock

• water

• air

• weather

A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:

• tornado
• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• blizzard

This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.

• thunderstorm
• tornado
• hurricane
• blizzard

A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass is called a _____________________.

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

 A fast moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass is called a _________________

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Cold and warm masses meet, but neither can move the other is called a ______________________

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses is called a ________________________.

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Which of the following air masses would be characterized as warm and dry?

• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Maritime polar
• Continental polar

A huge body of air that has similar temperature and humidity at any given height is called an __________________________.

• front
• jet stream
• air mass
• cyclone

What is a front?

• The boundary where two like air masses meet.
• The boundary where two unlike air masses meet