Air Masses and Weather Fronts Vocab Quiz

A large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity is an....

• Air Mass

• Weather Front

• Convection Cell

• Prevailing Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where an air mass gets separated from the ground by a fast-moving cold air mass, resulting in heavy rain

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where cold air masses overtake warm air masses

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The circulation of air due to heating and cooling of molecules.

• Convection Cell

• Air Mass

• Weather Front

• Prevailing Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of weather front where warm air masses overtake cold air masses

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds that blow mostly in one direction, moving air masses.

• Air Mass

• Weather Front

• Convection Cell

• Prevailing Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of weather front where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, but neither pushes the other out of the way.

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary between two air masses.

• Air Mass

• Prevailing Wind

• Weather Front

• Cold Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• Air Mass

• Weather Front

• Humidity

• Warm Front