Air Masses and Fronts

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm

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When a fast moving cold air mass moves into a slower moving warm air mass, we may experience severe storms and we will have cooler weather. What type of front is this?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a warm air mass slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• front
• air mass
• cloud
• tornado 

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

• dry and cold weather
• wet and cold weather
• dry and warm weather
• wet and warm weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• maritime polar
• maritime tropical
• continental polar
• continental tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A wet, cold air mass would be - 

• maritime tropical 
• maritime polar
• continental tropical 
• continental polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5