Air pressure, mass, and fronts test

What happens to air pressure as you climb a mountain?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• isn't affected

When a cold front meets a warm air mass it

• slides over
• goes under
• goes through
• disappears

Low pressure is associated with what kind of weather?

• Nice
• Naughty
• Cloudy
• No weather

An air mass is a large body of air which has similar

• temperature
• humidity
• air pressure
• all of these

What is a boundary where two air masses meet?

• thunderstorm

• high pressure system

• front

• low pressure system

Does this diagram show a warm front or a cold front?

• Cold front

• Warm front

In a high pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and stormy

• warmer and wetter

• warmer and stormy

• cooler and clear skies

In a low pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and sunny

• warmer and clear skies

• warmer and stormy

• cooler and clear skies

What is the weather instrument that measures air pressure?

• wind vane

• anemometer

• thermometer

• barometer

This is the symbol for a(n) _______________

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