North American Air Masses

Maritime polar air masses are...

• cold & dry

• warm & moist

• cold & moist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A stalled front that may bring many days of clouds and precipitation

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass that forms over New Mexico & Arizona will be a...

• continental polar air mass

• continental tropical air mass

• maritime tropical air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Bands of high-speed winds about 10 km above Earth's surface are called...

• air masses

• jet streams

• fronts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at a given height

• air mass

• cloud

• front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air masses that form over oceans are ...

• stationary fronts

• continental air masses

• maritime air masses

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary where air masses meet is a(n)...

• front

• jet stream

• cyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A(n) ____ front occurs when a fast moving warm air mass overtakes a slower moving cold air mass.

• cold

• temperate

• warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A swirling center of low air pressure is called a(n)___

• anticyclone

• cyclone

• front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These are high-pressure centers of dry air.

• anticyclones

• cyclones

• fronts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5