Air Masses and Fronts

What would most likely happen if a continental polar air mass clashed with a continental tropical air mass?

• Clouds would form, and they would bring light and steady rainfall.

• Stratus clouds would form, and they would make the day warmer.

• Cumulus clouds would form, and a big thunderstorm would occur.

• The clouds would disappear, and the day would become clear and sunny.

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What is similar between the 2 kinds of maritime air masses?

• types of clouds they form

• geographic location

• temperature of the air mass

• amount of moisture in the air

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Which kind of front usually forms long, thin stratus clouds?

• hot front

• warm front

• cold front

• polar front

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Why does a warm front usually bring a light and steady rain?

• A warm air mass slowly climbs up over the cold air mass, so the weather is less intense.

• A warm air mass violently crashes against a cold air mass, so the weather is wet.

• Weather that is not intense always happens at any kind of front.

• Warm fronts bring extremely low air pressure.

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When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?

• polar front

• hot front

• warm front

• cold front

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What forms when 2 air masses meet and create weather?

• a formation

• warm air

• a front

• a tornado

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What is an air mass?

• any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing

• any kind of cloud that produces rain,sleet,snow, or hail

• a large body of air with the same temperature and moisture

• a place where weather always changes in an extreme way

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There are how many types of air masses in the U.S.?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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A cold front is made of a ____________cloud.

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cold

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A warm front can bring this kind of weather______.

• Intense

• Drought

• Blizzard

• Light rain

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