Air masses and Fronts Quiz

True or False The Sun heats the Earth's surfaces evenly.

• True
• False

In a ___________ front, neither air mass moves.

• cold
• warm
• stationary
• occluded

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

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

In a sea breeze, warm air rises over the hot sand causing air pressure to decrease. Therefore, warm air creates ________ pressure over the land.

• high
• low
• medium

A sea breeze happens during ___________

• day
• night
• all day

The four types of fronts are:

• cold, warm, stationary, moving
• cold warm, cool, hot
• cold, warm, stationary, occluded
• cold, freezing, warm, hot

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

In the Northern hemisphere, winds move to the right or clockwise due to the ____________________________.

• convection currents
• jet steams
• westerlies
• Coriolos Effect

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