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WorksheetsIsotherms/air masses/fronts
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 29mins
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1.
rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a .....
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
2.
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
3.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
4.
A front is
a)
where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
b)
a line where hot and cold air are separating
c)
a line where two different air masses meet
d)
where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds
5.
_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
6.
Which type of front is pictured?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
7.
Which type of front is pictured?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
8.
what are isotherms?
a)
lines connecting places of equal temperature
b)
lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
c)
lines drawn to places of different temperatures
d)
lines drawn to places of different pressures
9.
the lines on a weather map connect equal areas of temperature
a)
contour lines
b)
isotherms
c)
isobars
d)
longitude
10.
this a large volume of air with a characteristic temperature and humidity
a)
cloud
b)
isobar
c)
millibar
d)
air mass
11.
In order to report information about the weather each meteorologist uses the symbols in the attached image to interpret what is going on in the atmosphere. This is called a
a)
isotherm
b)
isobar
c)
weather map
d)
station model
12.
How do we name air masses?
a)
Water and temperature
b)
Air pressure
c)
Humidity and temperature
d)
Cold and warm
13.
What types of air masses form over oceans?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
14.
What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
15.
What's the humidity and temperature of a maritime tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
16.
Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?
a)
over the ocean, near the equator
b)
over the ocean, near the poles
c)
over a continent, near the equator
d)
over a continent, near the poles
17.
Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and hot?
a)
cP
b)
mP
c)
cT
d)
mT
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