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When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an - 

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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A wet and cold air mass would be a...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

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Air moves from an area of higher pressure to an area of _________ pressure.

• equal
• more
• lower

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Which type of front is pictured?

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

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What does a barometer measure? 

• measures high and low pressure in the air
• measures humidity in the air
• measures speed of the wind 
• measures the amount of rain that has fallen

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A cold air mass that might form near the Arctic Circle is called ______________.

• tropical

• polar

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Which place has experienced a drop in temperature?

• Florida

• California

• New Mexico

• southern Texas

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Which type of weather front can produce foggy weather that can last for several days?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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Earth's spheres interact with one another and _______ shows these interactions.

• atmosphere

• humidity

• temperature

• weather

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Some cloud names include “nimbus.” This means that cloud is producing

• fair weather
• fog
• tornadoes
• precipitation

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