Weather Fronts and Air Masses Test

When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass _______________.

• gentle rain showers may occur

• a thunderstorm may occur

• the weather will not change

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An air mass is a large mass of air that is defined by its temperature and ____________________.

• Elevation (altitude)

• Water vapor content (humidity)

• Strength

• Weather

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The United States contains ________ different types of air masses.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Which type of air mass is dry and warm?

• Continental polar

• Continental tropical

• Maritime polar

• Maritime tropical

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

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm

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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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A cold, dry air mass would be called - 

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

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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.

• front
• air mass
• cloud
• tornado 

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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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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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