Air Masses and Fronts Quiz

What is the term for a wind created by rising warm air?

• Downdraft

• Updraft

• Surface wind

• Jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air mass is more humid?

• Continental

• Maritime

• Arctic

• Polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the term for air moving across Earth's surface in huge volumes?

• Jet stream

• Air masses

• Surface winds

• Updrafts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What happens when a cold front pushes against a mass of warm air?

• The warm air sinks

• The warm air rises

• The cold air evaporates

• The cold air becomes warmer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following weather map symbols with their corresponding fronts.

• Not a standard symbol

• Stationary front

• Red semicircles

• Warm front

• Alternating red semicircles and blue triangles

• Cold front

• Blue triangles

• Maritime front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of air masses form closer to the poles?

• Tropical

• Maritime

• Polar or Arctic

• Continental

At a warm front, typically (a)   .

• Cold air flows over warm air
• Warm air flows over cold air
• Cold air forces warm air down
• No change in weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A stationary front is a front that (a)   over an area.

• moves quickly
• stalls
• causes clear weather
• only occurs in winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What symbol represents a stationary front on a weather map?

• Alternating red semicircles and blue triangles

• Solid blue line

• Dashed green line

• Yellow stars

What happens at a cold front?

• Warm air rises above cold air

• Cold air rises above warm air

• Cold air forces itself beneath warm air

• Warm air forces itself beneath cold air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5