Weather Quiz 1B

Which of the following symbols is used to represent a cold front?

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A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

• light rain and then warmer temperatures

• sunny and fair

• heavy rain and thunderstorms and then cooler temperatures 

•  clear skies and then very hot

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• a line where hot and cold air are separating

• the boundary where two different air masses meet

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

A large body of air which has a uniformed temperature and humidity (moisture) is called an _________ ___________.

What type of front is shown on the map?

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

What type of front is shown on the map?

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

A body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels throughout is called what? 

• a cyclone

• an air mass

• a cold front

• a warm front

We name air masses by their _____ characteristics.

• wind direction and wind speed

• air pressure and wind speed

• temperature and moisture

• mass and weight

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

• Dry

• Humid

• Cold

• Warm

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

• Dry

• Humid

• Cold

• Warm