Weather Fronts Airmasses and Station models

Which of the following represents a Continental (cT) Air mass

• Cold and Dry

• Cold and humid

• Warm and Humid

• Warm and Dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following describes a maritime polar (mP) air mass?

• Warm and Humid

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Humid

• Cold and Dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which kind of pressure system results in clear skies and no wind.

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Type of front formed when a WARM air mass pushes a COLD air mass, forcing the warm air to slide over the cold air

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of Front is represented

• Occluded Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front is represent by the symbols

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Lines drawn on a weather map connecting equal pressure.

• Isotherms

• Isobars

A Front is . . .

• Where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• A line where hot and cold air are separating

• A line where two different air masses meet

• Where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Type of front formed when two air masses push against

each other but neither move.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Type of front shown . . .

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6