Air Mass and Weather Fronts

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• air mass

• cold front

• humidity

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The circulation of air due to heating and cooling of molecules.

• occluded front

• prevailing winds

• air mass

• convection cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of weather front where cold air masses overtake warm air masses.

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, but neither pushes the other out of the way.

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity.

• prevailing winds

• air mass

• convection cell

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds that blow mostly in one direction, moving air masses.

• prevailing winds

• convection cell

• warm front

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The boundary between two air masses.

• warm front

• humidity

• weather front

• convection cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where warm air masses overtake cold air masses.

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

• weather front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where an air mass gets separated from the ground by a fast-moving cold air mass, resulting in heavy rain.

• weather front

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5