Additional Air Masses and Fronts Review

Boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix

• jet stream

• front

• coriolis effect

• cyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A huge body of air that has similar temperatures, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.,

• air mass

• anticyclone

• front

• stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A swirling center of low air pressure.

• air masses

• prevailing

• maritime tropical

• cyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Earth's rotation causing winds on Earth to blow in slightly curved paths.

• coriolis effect

• continental polar

• jet streams

• anticyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An event that occurs on a regular and predictable basis.

• continental polar

• front

• coriolis

• prevailing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A high pressure center of dry air.

• occluded front

• cyclone

• anticyclone

• stationary

Bands of high speed winds about 10 km above the earth's surface

• front

• cyclone

• maritime polar

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Staying/remaining in one place.

• occluded

• prevailling

• stationary

• continental

Forms when a cold and warm air mass meet but neither can move the other - they're stuck! This front can bring many days of clouds and precipitation.

• warm

• stationary

• occluded

• cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Forms when a warm air mass gets trapped between two cold air masses.

• occluded

• warm

• cold

• stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5