Air Masses and Fronts Quiz

What is an air mass?

• A small, uniform body of air with varying temperature and moisture conditions

• A small body of water with nearly the same temperature and moisture conditions

• A large, uniform body of air with nearly the same temperature and moisture conditions

• A large body of water with varying temperature and moisture conditions

Why is it important to study air masses?

• To study the formation of tornadoes

• To understand the movement of clouds

• To understand the retention of temperature and moisture characteristics

• To predict the occurrence of hurricanes

Which of the following is a temperature based air mass?

• Continental air mass

• Polar air mass

• Tropical air mass

• Maritime air mass

What is the classification of an air mass from a cold region and is moist?

• Continental Polar (cP)

• Maritime Polar (mP)

• Continental Tropical (cT)

• Maritime Tropical (mT)

How fast can an air mass move after leaving its source region?

• Up to 1000 km per day

• Up to 800 km per day

• Up to 500 km per day

• Up to 1200 km per day

What is the period of weather experienced when a location is under the influence of an air mass?

• Air mass weather

• Polar weather

• Tropical weather

• Temperate weather

What is the boundary between air masses of different temperatures called?

• Front

• Transition zone

• Zone of convergence

• Zone of divergence

What type of front is formed when a cold air moves into warmer air, displacing it in the process?

• Stationary front

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

How is a warm front formed?

• By advancing warm air mass over cooler air

• By advancing cold air mass over warmer air

• By the convergence of two warm air masses

• By the convergence of two cold air masses

What type of front forms when a faster-moving cold air mass traps a warm air mass against a second mass of cold air?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

• Warm front