Air Masses & Fronts

How do we name air masses?

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

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

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

• Dry
• Wet
• Warm
• Cold

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

rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

When a warm air mass gently 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

What does symbol # 3 mean?

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

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds