Air Masses, Fronts and Wind Quiz Review

When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an 

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

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When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this? 

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

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When a warm air masses gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then beautiful sunny weather, what front is it? 

• Stationary Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Warm Front

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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 

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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A/an _____________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops and has the same density and moisture content. 

• Front

• Storm

• Air Mass

• Cloud

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A dry, cold air mass would be called 

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Polar

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What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring? 

• Dry and Cold

• Dry and Warm

• Wet and Cold

• Wet and Warm

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An air mass that formed over the ocean near Alaska would probably be 

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

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A wet, cold air mass would be 

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Tropical

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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 the continent near the equator  

• Over the continent near the poles

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