Section 20A (Earth Science)

A ____ is a scientist who studies the weather.  

• meteorologist

• biologist

• weatherologist

• cloudologist

• 

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An ​ (a)   is a huge body of air that reaches up to the ​ (b)   and has similar ​ (c)   and ​ (d)   throughou

• air mass
• troposphere
• temperature
• humidity
• xenosphere
• front

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When ​ (a)   air masses meet they usually form ​ (b)   (rain, lightning, etc).

• weather
• different
• similair

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The meeting of different types of air masses is called a (a)  

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Air masses gain their properties (humid, warm, etc) from the (a)   they form over (such as the ocean or land).

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Within a front, ​ (a)   (dense) air moves ​ (b)   ​ (c)   (less dense) air.

• cold
• warm
• under
• over

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If the air masses in the front stop moving this is called a (a)   front. 

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The process in which warm air is pushed in over a peninsula from opposite directions is called __. 

**(These lead to short, strong storms.)

• coalescence

• convergence

• copilot

• cloudy storm

• peninsular nor'easter

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Label the types of fronts on this image:

a

b

c

d

occluded front

cold front

stationary front

warm front

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Match the front with the type of weather to be expected;

Groups:

(a) warm front

,

(b) cold front

,

(c) occluded front

,

(d) stationary front

• No rain, no wind

• Heavy rain, heavy wind

• Light rain, light wind

• Light rain, no wind

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