Before Quiz Atmospehere and Weather

Air masses are large bodies of air with the same temperature and moisture levels.

If the air mass forms over water and is hot what would it be called?

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Arctic

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

If the air mass forms over land and is cold what would it be called?

*regular cold not extreme cold

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Arctic

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

If the air mass forms over land and is hot what would it be called?

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Arctic

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

A front is when 2 different air masses meet and is the boundary between them.

What type of front has cold dense air that pushes warm air up rapidly, causing storms and rain.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

What 2 ingredients are needed to make a hurricane? (Pick 2)

• Cold

• Heat

• Water

• Land

What layer of the atmosphere is layer #1?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

What layer of the atmosphere is layer #2?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

What layer of the atmosphere is layer #3?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

What layer of the atmosphere is layer #4?

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

In our atmosphere as altitude increase,air pressure will _______, and density will ____________.

• Increase, Decrease

• Decrease, Decrease

• Increase, Increase

Answer explanation

The air higher up is less dense and has less in it. You may have heard of it being thin.