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Study Guide: Air Masses

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do continental air masses form over?

a)

Land

b)

Water

c)

Poles

d)

Equator

2.

What do maritime air masses form over?

a)

land

b)

water

c)

poles

d)

equator

3.

What does cP stand for?

a)

contential arctic

b)

contential Polar

c)

maritime Polar

d)

maritime tropical

4.

What does cT stand for?

a)

Contential Tropical

b)

Contential Arctic

c)

Contential Polar

d)

Maritime Polar

5.

What does mP stand for?

a)

Maritime Tropical

b)

Maritime Polar

c)

Contential Arctive

d)

None of these

6.

What does mT stand for?

a)

maritime Tropical

b)

maritime polar

c)

Continental arctic

d)

Continental polar

7.

A _____________ is a large body of air in the lower atmosphere that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure.

a)

Front

b)

Air Mass

c)

Continental

d)

Jet Stream

8.

What type of air mass is warm, forms in the tropics, and has low air pressure?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Maritime

d)

Continental

9.

What type of air mass is cold, forms over the poles, and has high air pressure?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Maritime

d)

Continental

10.

What type of air mass is warm, humid, and forms over oceans?

a)

Maritime Tropical

b)

Maritime Polar

c)

Continental Tropical

d)

Continental Polar

11.

What type of air mass has cool, dry air and forms over land?

a)

Maritime Tropical

b)

Maritime Polar

c)

Continental Tropical

d)

Continental Polar

12.

Maritime air masses will contain more moisture than continental air masses?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Tropical air masses tend to be colder than polar air masses.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What type of air mass would form over the Atlantic Ocean and bring warm, humid air to the United States?

a)

Maritime Tropical

b)

Maritime Polar

c)

Continental Tropical

d)

Continental Polar

15.

Differences in air pressure cause wind.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which two processes cause clouds to form?

a)

precipitation and runoff

b)

transpiration and precipitation

c)

evaporation and condensation

d)

evaporation and ground water

17.

The weather of an area is affected by the air mass that is passing over it.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Air pressure is measured using a(n) ________.

a)

hygrometer

b)

anemometer

c)

barometer

d)

thermometer

19.

Which best explains why the Gulf Stream tends to bring warmer air to the east coast of Florida?

a)

The Gulf Stream brings water from the equator

b)

The Gulf Stream is the result of the Earth’s Rotation

c)

The Gulf Stream changes direction each year

d)

. The Gulf Stream is a deep ocean current

20.
Which statement best describes temperature patterns in areas along the equator?
a)
Temperatures along the equator vary from hot in the summer to cold in the winter.
b)
Temperatures along the equator are consistently warm all year long.
c)
Temperatures along the equator are consistently cool all year long.
21.
The forecast said a high pressure system will arrive this weekend. Benito and his friends want to go camping. Should they plan to go?
a)
Yes, the high pressure system will create clear, sunny skies.
b)
No, the high pressure system will create storm clouds and tornadoes.
c)
Yes, the high pressure system will create skies filled with cumulus clouds.
d)
No, the high pressure system will increase humidity and cause rain clouds to form.
22.

What is caused by differences in air pressure/temperature?

a)

Time

b)

Precipitation

c)

Clouds

d)

Wind

23.
Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?
a)
Sunny
b)
Calm
c)
Stormy
24.
High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?
a)
clear and dry
b)
cloudy and wet
25.
Which is the best indicator that precipitation is on the way?
a)
low pressure
b)
low humidity
c)
low temperature
26.
What type of air pressure is present?
a)
High 
b)
Low
27.
Does cold air rise or sink?
a)
Rise
b)
Sink
28.
Does warm air rise or sink?
a)
Rise
b)
Sink
29.
What type of air pressure is present?
a)
High 
b)
Low
30.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

c)

Always freezing cold temperatures

d)

Always extremely hot temperatures

31.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

c)

Always freezing cold temperatures

d)

Always extremely hot temperatures

32.

What air pressure system does this image represent?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

c)

Warm Front

d)

Stationary Front

33.

What air pressure system does this image represent?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

c)

Warm Front

d)

Stationary Front

34.
Which statement correctly defines wind?
a)
Wind is the movement of air from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure
b)
Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
c)
Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
d)
Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.
35.
Why does warm air rise?
a)
Warm air is more dense than cooler air.
b)
Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.
c)
Warm air is less dense than cooler air.
d)
Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.
36.

What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

a)

heat from the Earth's core

b)

the rotation of the Earth

c)

Moon's gravity

d)

unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

37.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation 

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