Air Masses and Fronts NEW

Match the following

• Tropical

• Cold air Mass

• Continental

• Humid or WET Air Mass

• Polar

• Warm Air Mass

• Maritime

• Dry Air Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sort the information to the correct type of air mass

Continental Tropical (cT)​ ​ (a)  

Continental Polar (cP) ​ ​ (b)  

Maritime Tropical (mT) ​ (c)  

Maritime Polar (mP) ​ (d)  

• dry and warm
• dry and cold
• wet and warm
• wet and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of air mass originates from the Gulf of Mexico?

• mT
• mP
• cT
• cP

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air mass originates from central Canada?

• mT
• mP
• cT
• cP

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air mass is found at B?

• Continental polar

• Maritime polar

• continental tropical

• Maritime tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air mass is found at E?

• Continental polar

• Maritime polar

• continental tropical

• Maritime tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• occluded front
• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a front?

• boundary where two different air masses meet

• the top of two cloud masses

• the location of extreme high pressure

• conditions in the atmosphere which form a cyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the front with the correct symbol

• occluded

• 
• warm front

• 
• cold front

• 
• stationary

• 

What type of weather would you expect to see after a warm front has passed through an area?

• cool and clear skies
• warm and humid
• thunderstorms
• foggy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6