Air Masses

What causes air masses to move across the world? Choose the 2 correct answers.

• changing humidity

• low temperatures

• prevailing westerlies

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front. When a warm air mass is caught between two cold fronts, the result is _____.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front. When a cold air mass runs into a warm air mass, the result is _____.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front. When a fast-moving warm air mass overtakes a slower-moving cold air mass, the result is _____.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front. Typically causes severe weather such as thunderstorms.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front. Typically results in several days of cloudy skies and precipitation.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front. Typically results in light rain or snow.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Name that front. Typically results in cold cloudy weather with occasional rain.

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

This word means that the air mass originated over water.

• continental

• maritime

• tropical

• polar

This word means that the air mass originated over land.

• continental

• maritime

• tropical

• polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5