Air masses

Where do MARITIME air masses form?

• Over water

• Over land

Which type of air mass is HOT and DRY?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

Which type of air mass is HOT and HUMID?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of air mass is COLD and DRY?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels throughout is called what? 

• Fronts
• Air Masses
• A cold front
• A warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5