Meteorology

What is a warm front?

•  Warm air mass becomes caught between cold air masses
• two air masses meet and stay separate
•  Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it
•  Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?

•  Light rain followed by clear weather
•  Many days of cloudy wet weather
•  Severe thunderstorms and rain
•  Cold and dry weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What forms when two air masses meet?

•  Flood
•  Cloud
• Front
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather does a cumulonimbus cloud bring?

• clear and sunny
• light rain
• hurricane
• thunderstorm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where do hurricanes form on Earth?

• Near the poles and on land

• Near the poles and in the ocean

• Near the equator and in the ocean

• Near the equator and on land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A wet and cold air mass would be a...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A dry and hot air mass would be...

• Maritime arctic
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Continental polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5