WorksheetsGlobal Winds/ Air Masses
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which air mass means wet and warm?
a)
Continental tropical
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Maritime polar
2.
What is a body of air that has consistent temperature and moisture and moisture content?
a)
climate
b)
air mass
c)
cold front
d)
tropical
3.
Winds that blow from 30 & 60 latitude are called what?
a)
Polar Easterlies
b)
Polar Westerlies
c)
Prevailing Westerlies
d)
Trade Winds
4.
What is a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, & air pressure?
a)
Air pockets
b)
Air fronts
c)
Wind
d)
Air masses
5.
A cold front is an air mass that
a)
pushes a warmer front
b)
pushes a cloud
c)
pushes the Earth
d)
pushes another cold front
6.
A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called what?
a)
Air Pockets
b)
Air Fronts
c)
Cold Fronts
d)
Humidity
7.
What type of pressure is associated with cold air masses?
a)
Low
b)
Middle
c)
High
8.
What type of front happens when a cold front and a warm front collide in a standoff?
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Warm Front
9.
Global winds located along the equator where no winds blow because the warm rising air creates an area of low pressure are called what?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Horse Latitudes
c)
Trade Winds
d)
Polar Easterlies
10.
In an occluded front, a cold front
a)
overtakes a slower moving
warm front
warm front
b)
overtakes another cold front
c)
overtakes a stationary front
d)
overtakes a hurricane
11.
Which air mass means dry and cold?
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Maritime continental
c)
Continental tropical
d)
Continental polar
12.
What type of global wind flows toward the poles from west to east carrying moist air over the United States?
a)
Prevailing Westerlies
b)
Prevailing Easterlies
c)
Polar Easterlies
d)
Doldrums
13.
Which front is this symbol?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
14.
What is located at 0 degrees on Earth?
a)
Pole
b)
Doldrums
c)
Horse Latitude
d)
Polar Easterlies
15.
What global wind is located from 0 to 30 degrees North and South of the Equator?
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Prevailing Westerlies
c)
Polar Easterlies
d)
Doldrum
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