ES13A - Quiz - Air Masses and Fronts

A large body of air with a similar temperature and humidity is a(n) ________ ________ .
1. air front
2. temperature mass
3. temperature mass
4. air mass
This air mass is made of cold and moist air.
1. maritime polar
2. maritime tropical
3. continental tropical
4. continental polar
This air mass is made of warm and moist air.
1. continental polar
2. maritime polar
3. maritime tropical
4. continental tropical
This air mass is made of warm and dry air.
1. maritime polar
2. maritime tropical
3. continental tropical
4. continental polar
This air mass is made of cold and dry air.
1. continental tropical
2. maritime tropical
3. continental polar
4. maritime polar
When air masses move, the weather __________________.
1. changes
2. stays the same
3. always warms
4. always cools
A cold front is made when cold air is ________ faster than a warm air mass.
1. moving
2. evaporating
3. sinking
4. rising
A(n) ________ is a boundary between two air masses.
1. rising
2. front
3. mass
4. occluded
A ____________ front is made when warm air is moving faster than a cold air mass.
1. cold
2. warm
3. hot
4. stationary
After a warm front passes, the air temperature is usually __________.
1. cooler
2. the same
3. warmer
4. freezing
________ are caused by differences in temperature and pressure of air masses.
1. thunderstorms
2. winds
3. temperatures
4. hail storms
Winds always blow from a ________ ________ to a lower pressure area.
1. cold front
2. low pressure
3. warm front
4. high pressure
A ______________ is a whirling air system that brings wet weather.
1. hail storm
2. cold front
3. cyclone
4. fog
In the southern Hemisphere, cyclones spin in the ___________ direction as in the northern Hemisphere.
1. reversed
2. same
3. upwards
4. downwards
When air masses meet and do not move they are known as a ___________ front.
1. stationary
2. warm
3. cold
4. humid

ES13A - Quiz - Air Masses and Fronts

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