Air masses and Fronts Quiz

Name (Last, First)

hour

• 2nd
• 3rd
• 5th

Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from

• maritime polar air masses
• maritime tropical air masses
• continental polar air masses
• continental tropical air masses

Warm, dry air affecting Mexico will often comes from

• maritime polar air masses
• maritime tropical air masses
• continental polar air masses
• continental tropical air masses

Warm, humid (wet) air affecting United States will comes from

• maritime polar air masses
• maritime tropical air masses
• continental polar air masses
• continental tropical air masses

Cold, humid (wet) air affecting United States will comes from

• maritime polar air masses
• maritime tropical air masses
• continental polar air masses
• continental tropical air masses

When a warm air mass and cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)

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

What kind of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States?

• monsoon rains
• warm and moist
• cold and moist
• warm and dry

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitudes
• far from the ocean

Which global wind moves from the east?

• easterlies
• westerlies
• jet stream