Air Masses and Convection Currents

Match the following

• Humid air

• TROPICAL

• Warm air

• POLAR

• Dry air

• CONTINENTAL

• Cold air

• MARITIME

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The Sun heats Earth evenly.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air masses all have the same: 

• Temperature & Humidity
• Humidity Only
• Level of Sunlight & Temperature
• Windspeed 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass is hot and humid. Which type of air mass is being described? 

• Tropical Maritime
• Tropical Continental
• Polar Maritime
• Polar Continental

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass is cold and dry. Which type of air mass is being described? 

• Tropical Maritime
• Tropical Continental
• Polar Maritime
• Polar Continental

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-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following

• forms over land: dry

• maritime (m)

• forms over water: wet

• continental (c)

• forms over polar regions; Cold

• tropical (T)

• forms over tropical regions; warm

• polar (P)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds cause surface currents and winds are created by the 

• Sun
• Moon
• Tides
• Coriolis Effect

Tags

112.20.b.10.A

The sun provides the energy necessary to drive convection within Earth's oceans.

• True

• False

Tags

112.20.b.10.A