ES13AB Pre TEST - Air Masses and Weather

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(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
Winds always blow from a ________ ________ to a lower pressure area.
1. cold front
2. low pressure
3. warm front
4. high pressure
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
________ study storms like rain, snow, hurricanes or thunderstorms.
1. Geologists
2. Meteorologists
3. Weatherologists
4. Urologists
We measure ___________ with a rain gauge
1. wind speed
2. air pressure
3. rain
4. wind direction
We measure ___________ with a anemometer.
1. wind direction
2. air pressure
3. wind speed
4. rain
We measure ___________ with a barometer.
1. rain
2. air pressure
3. wind speed
4. wind direction
We measure ___________ with a wind vane.
1. wind direction
2. wind speed
3. rain
4. air pressure
Weather stations, satellites, and _________ are used to gather information about the weather.
1. radar
2. feathers
3. almanacs
4. caterpillars
Lines on a weather map that have the same air pressure are __________.
1. isobars
2. isotherms
3. isowinds
4. thermobars
Lines on a weather map that have the same air temperature are __________.
1. isotherms
2. thermobars
3. isowinds
4. isobars
Thunder causes lightning.
1. false
2. true
A __________front is made of warmer humid air and usually brings precipitation.
1. cold
2. warm
3. backwards
4. heat
A low pressure center of a hurricane is the ___________________.
1. edge
2. back
3. front
4. eye
_________________ form from a tropical cyclone.
1. Hurricanes
2. Antihuricanes
3. Cold fronts
4. Static fronts
For every 5 seconds between the flash and the sound, a lightning bolt is ____________ away
1. 1 mile
2. too far
3. 5 miles
4. 1/5th mile

ES13AB Pre TEST - Air Masses and Weather

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