Air Mass and Air Pressure

Which diagram (A or B) shows a HIGH pressure system?

• A

• B

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Why does cold air sink?

• It is more dense.

• It is less dense.

• It is sad.

• It just does.

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Define air mass.

• 89
• ?
• A large region of air that has similar temperature and humidity.
• A cloud.

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Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

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When two different air masses collide...

• A front forms
• They casually become one
• A new planet evolves
• Dinosaurs become extinct

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What does symbol # 1 mean?

• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front

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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 

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When air pressure is high, what type of weather do we experience?

• sunny and clear
• rainy and cloudy

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What are the daily conditions of temperature, humidity and precipitation?

• weather
• climate

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What TWO weather conditions do you normally find along a front?

• sun

• rain

• storms

• rainbows

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