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WorksheetsAir Masses and Fronts
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
2.
What type of storm front if this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
3.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
4.
What does symbol # 1 mean?
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Stationary Front
c)
Warm Front
d)
Cold Front
5.
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
6.
The boundary between two air masses is called a/an -
a)
flood
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
storm
7.
When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
8.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
9.
A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
a)
front
b)
air mass
c)
cloud
d)
tornado
10.
3. What type of cloud is made of ice crystals and forms high up in the sky?
a)
Cumuls
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
11.
7. Which of the following would be an area that would most likely lead to a warm or hot air mass to develop?
a)
The North pole
b)
The South pole
c)
The Equator
12.
8. Which of the following would be an area where a cold air mass would most likely develop?
a)
Over Mexico
b)
Over Canada
c)
Over the Equator area
13.
Collections of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air are called
a)
fronts
b)
air masses
c)
clouds
d)
weather
14.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/humid
d)
warm/dry
15.
What type of front moves quickly and can produce severe thunderstorms?
a)
Stationary
b)
Warm
c)
Cold
d)
Occluded
16.
What type of front may be rainy or foggy for several days?
a)
Cold
b)
Stationary
c)
Occluded
d)
Warm
17.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
18.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
19.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
20.
What type of front is this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
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