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Science 3.2 Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Boundary where two air masses meet.

a)

Prevailing Westerlies

b)

Polar Easterlies

c)

Front

d)

Cyclone

2.

A non-moving front

a)

Occluded Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Cold Front

3.

 A swirling center of low air pressure

a)

Anti-cyclone

b)

Bi-cyclone

c)

Cyclone

d)

Tri-cyclone

4.

A high-pressure center of dry air

a)

Anti-cyclone

b)

Bi-cyclone

c)

Cyclone

d)

Tri-cyclone

5.

A band of high-speed winds about 6 to 14 km above

                    Earth’s surface.

a)

Jet Stream

b)

Polar Easterlies

c)

Prevailing Westerlies

d)

Trade Winds

6.

Huge body of air that has similar temperature, ________ Jet Stream

 humidity, and air pressure at any given height.

a)

Air Mass

b)

Land Breeze

c)

Cumulonimbus Clouds

d)

Sea Breeze

7.

Air masses are always moving

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The kind of front that develops depends on the characteristics of the air masses and the ....

a)

Speed at which they move

b)

how much they move

c)

direction they move

d)

what they are moving

9.

A warm air mass is caught between two cold fronts

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Stationary

d)

Occluded

10.

A cold air mass runs into a warm air mass.

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

11.

A fast-moving warm air mass overtakes a slower-moving cold air mass.

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

12.

New Mexico traditionally has hot, dry air. What kind of air mass would most likely bring this sort ofweather?

a)

Continental Polar

b)

Maritime Polar

c)

Continental Tropical

d)

Maritime Tropical