Weather Part 2

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

• air mass

• front

• tornado

• hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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a boundary between two air masses

• air mass

• cold front

• front

• warm front

Tags

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a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A situation in which the surface position of a front does not move

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• eye wall

This front can cause tornadoes when a warm air mass collides with a cold air mass and is quickly forced upward.

• occluded front

• stationary front

• warm front

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Which air mass is forced upward at a front?

• cold air mass
• warm air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The average yearly weather pattern over many years.

• weather
• air pressure
• climate
• zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is happening in our atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• weather 
• front
• climate
• zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude
• altitude
• atmosphere
• sunlight

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