8.4 Review Abeka Science Earth and Space

An air mass forms when a body of air remains still long enough to take on the traits of the earth's surface over which it has formed; this area of the surface is the air mass's

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Which air mass is dry and cold?

• Maritime tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Artic

• Maritime Polar

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Which air mass is dry and very cold?

• Maritime tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Artic

• Maritime Polar

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Which air mass is moist and warm?

• Maritime tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Artic

• Maritime Polar

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Which air mass forms over waters like the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea?

• Maritime tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Artic

• Maritime Polar

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The boundary between a warm and a cold air mass is a

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Which front is warm air advancing?

• warm front

• cold front

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What is the boundary where cold air is moving into a warm air mass?

• warm front

• cold front

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As a warm front moves in, it is followed by which clouds?

• cirrus

• cirrostratus

• altostratus

• nimbostratus

• cumulonimbus

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As a warm front moves in, in which order do clouds appear?

• cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, nimbostratus

• cirrostratus, cirrus, altostratus, nimbostratus

• nimbostratus, altostratus, cirrus, cirrostratus

• altostratus, cirrus, cirrostratus, nimbostratus

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