🌧 Air Masses and Weather Fronts

What four major types of air masses that influence weather in North America? Select all that apply.

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

Where does a Maritime Tropical air mass form?

• Over land
• Over the ocean
• Over and iceberg
• Over the equator

What type of weather does a Maritime Polar air mass bring?

• Rain and thunderstorms
• Wind
• Heavy snow and cold temperatures
• Sun and warm temperatures

When does a Continental Tropical air mass form?

• Winter
• Summer
• Spring
• Fall

Where does a Continental Polar form?

• Canada and Alaska
• The equator
• The ocean
• Mexico and South America

When two air masses that do NOT have the same properties meet, they do not mix, it’s called a __________.

• Front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Stationary front
• Cold front

___________ forms when a cold air mass meets and pushes under a warm air mass.

• Front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Stationary front
• Cold front

__________ forms when a mass of warm air overtakes a cold air mass and moves over it.

• Front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Stationary front
• Cold front

__________ is formed when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass and NO MOVEMENT OCCURS.

• Front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Stationary front
• Cold front

__________ forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front. As the warm air is pushed upward, the cold air meets cool air.

• Front
• Occluded front
• Warm front
• Stationary front
• Cold front