Weather

What determines the type of air mass?

• Altitude and latitude

• Cloud cover and precipitation

• Wind speed and direction

• Temperature, humidity, and air pressure

Which air mass forms over icy cold oceans?

• Continental Tropical

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Maritime Polar

What is a boundary between two air masses called?

• Westerlies

• Troposphere

• Jet stream

• Front

What type of weather is associated with a cold front?

• Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures

• Precipitation, tornadoes, and cooler temperatures

• No significant weather changes

• Long periods of precipitation

When does an occluded front form?

• When a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass that is behind a cool air mass

• When a warm air mass rides over a cold air mass

• When a cold air mass slides under a warm air mass

• When neither a cold air mass nor a warm air mass move at a frontal boundary

3. What are two ways water enters the atmosphere in the water cycle?

• a. Condensation and evaporation
• b. Evaporation and transpiration
• c. Precipitation and condensation
• d. Runoff and evaporation

5) When a cold air mass pushes up a warm air mass, there will be a decrease in temperature and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?

• a. warm front
• b. cold front
• c. occluded front
• d. stationary front

6) When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, they push at each other and neither one can move. It is called a/an…

• A. warm front
• b. cold front
• c. occluded front
• d. stationary front

7) Use the diagram to help answer the following question- Along a warm front, the warmer, less dense air…..

• A. is pushed away by cold air.
• B. rises over the colder air.
• C. cannot move the cold air.
• D. is trapped by the land.

8) Certain storms form over water near the equator, usually between the months of June and November. Warm, moist air rises quickly over the ocean, causing a strong, whirling storm with high winds and heavy rains. This type of storm is known as a....

• A. tornado
• B. hurricane
• C. blizzard
• D. sandstorm