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Besides temperature what other characteristic is used to describe an air mass?

• Pressure
• Humidity
• Density
• Wind Speed

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This is the symbol for a... 

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

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Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  

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

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On a cold, cloudy day, the local weather forecaster predicts that a high-pressure system will be moving into the area in the next 24 hours. Which weather conditions will this system most likely bring to the area?

• stormy
• sunny
• snowy
• hot

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Meeting of two different types of air masses

• warm and cold
• hurricane
• precipitation
• weather front

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Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.

• high; low
• warm; cool
• cool; warm
• low; high

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Which of the following best describes the conditions found in the diagram?

• hurricane
• tornado
• tsunami
• water spout

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A spinning funnel cloud which causes much destruction

• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Tsunami
• Meteor

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What type of air would a continental tropic air mass bring?

• warm and humid

• warm and dry

• cold and dry

• cold and humid

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Near which two cities are the low pressure systems located?

• Seattle & San Francisco

• Chicago & Seattle

• Dallas & Houston

• Chicago & Nashville

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