ES13AB TEST - Air Masses and Weather

A large body of air with a similar temperature and humidity is a(n) ________ ________ .
1. temperature mass
2. air front
3. air mass
4. temperature mass
This air mass is made of cold and moist air.
1. continental tropical
2. maritime tropical
3. continental polar
4. maritime polar
This air mass is made of warm and moist air.
1. maritime tropical
2. continental polar
3. maritime polar
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. maritime tropical
2. continental polar
3. maritime polar
4. continental tropical
When air masses move, the weather __________________.
1. always warms
2. stays the same
3. always cools
4. changes
A(n) ________ is a boundary between two air masses.
1. mass
2. rising
3. front
4. occluded
A ____________ front is made when warm air is moving faster than a cold air mass.
1. warm
2. stationary
3. hot
4. cold
After a warm front passes, the air temperature is usually __________.
1. freezing
2. cooler
3. the same
4. warmer
Winds always blow from a ________ ________ to a lower pressure area.
1. warm front
2. low pressure
3. cold front
4. high pressure
In the southern Hemisphere, cyclones spin in the ___________ direction as in the northern Hemisphere.
1. reversed
2. downwards
3. upwards
4. same
When air masses meet and do not move they are known as a ___________ front.
1. humid
2. warm
3. stationary
4. cold
________ study storms like rain, snow, hurricanes or thunderstorms.
1. Weatherologists
2. Geologists
3. Meteorologists
4. Urologists
We measure ___________ with a rain gauge
1. air pressure
2. wind direction
3. wind speed
4. rain
We measure ___________ with a anemometer.
1. air pressure
2. wind speed
3. wind direction
4. rain
We measure ___________ with a barometer.
1. rain
2. air pressure
3. wind direction
4. wind speed
We measure ___________ with a wind vane.
1. rain
2. wind speed
3. wind direction
4. air pressure
Weather stations, satellites, and _________ are used to gather information about the weather.
1. caterpillars
2. almanacs
3. feathers
4. radar
Lines on a weather map that have the same air pressure are __________.
1. thermobars
2. isobars
3. isotherms
4. isowinds
Lines on a weather map that have the same air temperature are __________.
1. thermobars
2. isotherms
3. isobars
4. isowinds
Thunder causes lightning.
1. true
2. false
A __________front is made of warmer humid air and usually brings precipitation.
1. heat
2. backwards
3. warm
4. cold
A low pressure center of a hurricane is the ___________________.
1. back
2. edge
3. eye
4. front
_________________ form from a tropical cyclone.
1. Antihuricanes
2. Hurricanes
3. Static fronts
4. Cold fronts
For every 5 seconds between the flash and the sound, a lightning bolt is ____________ away
1. 1/5th mile
2. too far
3. 5 miles
4. 1 mile

ES13AB TEST - Air Masses and Weather

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