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WorksheetsAir Masses and Fronts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A cold, dry air mass would be called -
a)
continental tropic
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime polar
d)
continental maritime
2.
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
3.
The boundary between two air masses is called a/an -
a)
flood
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
storm
4.
When a fast moving cold air mass moves into a slower moving warm air mass, we may experience severe storms and we will have cooler weather. What type of front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
5.
This is the symbol for which type of front?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
6.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
7.
What characteristics are used to classify air masses?
a)
temperature and humidity
b)
pressure and temperature
c)
latitude and longitude
d)
wind speed and location
8.
Warm air mass overtakes cold air mass and rises above.
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
9.
Dry cool air mass
a)
Continental tropical
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Maritime polar
10.
Dry warm air mass
a)
Continental tropical
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Maritime polar
11.
A body of air that has the same level of temperature and humidity.
a)
Front
b)
Air Mass
c)
Occluded front
d)
Maritime polar
12.
Humid air from oceans.
a)
Continental
b)
Polar
c)
Maritime
d)
Continental
13.
Which type of air mass is found at B?
a)
Continental polar
b)
Maritime polar
c)
continental tropical
d)
Maritime tropical
14.
High Pressure Causes...
a)
Clear skies
b)
Wind
c)
Clouds
d)
storms
15.
Which type of front is NOT pictured in the weather map?
a)
High pressure
b)
Low Pressure
c)
stationary front
d)
Occluded front
e)
Warm front
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