Air Masses and Frontal Systems

An air mass is...

• A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture throughout.
• A pocket of convection
• A pocket of evaporation

Air masses develop because the Earth is heated unevenly.

• True
• False

A cold, dry air mass would be called - 

• continental tropic
• continental polar
• maritime polar
• continental maritime

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an - 

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

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

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

The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm

When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?

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

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

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

A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• front
• air mass
• cloud
• tornado 

What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?

• dry and cold weather
• wet and cold weather
• dry and warm weather
• wet and warm weather