Air masses, fronts and air pressure

What is a front?

• A place where air masses meet
• the front part of a storm
• An area of very high wind
• an area that has fair weather

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rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

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When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

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What type of storm front is this?

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

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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 direction is the cold front moving on the map? 

• Southwest
• Northwest
• Southeast
• Northeast

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Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?

• over the ocean, near the equator
• over the ocean, near the poles
• over a continent, near the equator
• over a continent, near the poles

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A cold, dry air mass would be called - 

• continental tropic
• continental polar
• maritime polar
• continental maritime

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When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an - 

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

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