Weather Terminology

mT

• cold and dry

• cold and wet

• hot and wet

• hot and dry

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What two descriptors describe an air mass?

• moisture content and elevation

• temperature and pressure

• temperature and elevation

• moisture content and temperature

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cP

• wet and moist

• wet and dry

• cold and dry

• cold and wet

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What is a cold front

• when a warm air mass overtakes an existing cold air mass

• when a cold air mass overtakes an existing warm mass

• when a cold air mass and a warm air mass stall out against each other

• when a cold air mass approaches an existing warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

High Pressure

pick two answers

• typically results in clear, sunny skies

• typically results in precipitation

• typically results in calm winds

• typically results in strong winds

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Low Pressure

Pick two answers

• typically results in clear, sunny skies

• typically results in precipitation

• typically results in calm winds

• typically results in strong winds

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High Pressure

• moist air rising

• air sinking and drying

• air sinking and absorbing moisture

• dry air rising

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Convection Currents are the rising and falling of air because of what two characteristics?

• temperature and moisture

• moisture and density

• density and temperature

• pressure and temperature

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What is a warm front?

• when a cold air mass overtakes an existing warm air mass

• when a cold air mass approaches an existing warm front

• when a warm air mass overtakes an existing cold air mass

• when a cold and warm air mass meet and neither is able to overtake the other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Why are cumulonimbus clouds formed at cold fronts?

• because warm air rapidly rises causing unstable air

• because the cold air rapidly moves over the warm air causing a disturbance

• because the two air masses mix and grow tall clouds

• because cold air masses have low pressure

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