Ch 13 L2 Weather Patterns

What is the boundary between two air masses called?

• continental air mass

• cumulus stage

• weather front

• cyclic boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Dry air and cold air are the characteristics of which continental air mass?

• continental tropical air mass

• maritime polar air mass

• maritime tropical air mass

• continental polar air mass

Which of the following statements is correct in a low pressure system?

• Air rising from the low pressure system forms clouds and causes precipitation.

• It is a small body of circulating air of low pressure.

• Low pressure warms the air and causes water vapor to condense.

• It is a large body of circulating air with low pressure on the edges.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which air mass is located over Siberia and the Arctic. It contains bitterly cold, dry air with temperatures down to -40 degrees Celsius.

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Arctic

• Maritime Polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of weather occurrences is shown in the figure?

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

• tornado front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When the boundary between two air masses stalls

• Occluded Front

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of weather occurrences is shown in the figure?

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why are these two systems showing how wind is formed?

• They show the rotation of Earth.

• They show how differences in air pressure produce air movement.

• They show how differences in air pressure produce air movement.

• They show the clockwise motion of air during storms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do the arrows on this figure represent?

• wind speed and direction

• forces of climate change

• relative direction and temperature of the winds

• storm conditions around the world

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is this type of front called?

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6