Weather Patterns Practice

Wind moves from areas of .............. to areas of ...............?

• high pressure to low pressure

• low pressure to high pressure

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Weather is a ............. condition of a certain place during a certain time.

• long term

• short term

• water cycle

• none of the above

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How are air masses formed?

• when low pressure systems linger over an area

• when the air is cold

• when the air is hot

• when high pressure systems linger over an area

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What type of air masses forms over oceans?

• arctic

• continental

• maritime

• tropical

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What type of air masses form over land?

• arctic

• maritime

• continental

• tropical

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Which front brings several days of steady rain or snow into an area?

• a warm front

• a stationary front

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Which air mass is warm and humid and forms over the ocean?

• maritime tropical

• continental tropical

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A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout it is called a(n) ______________.

• front

• air mass

• cyclone

• storm

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Scientists who study weather are called __________________.

• meteorologists

• paleantologists

• weather reporters

• seismologists

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A front that remains stalled over an area for an extended period of time is called a _________________________.

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front