Air Masses

A maritime air mass forms over

• land

• the ocean

• the equator

• the North or South Pole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A maritime air mass

• will have dry air.

• will have warm air.

• will have cold air.

• will have moist or wet air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A continental air mass forms over

• land

• the ocean

• the equator

• the North or South Pole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A continental air mass

• will have dry air.

• will have warm air.

• will have cold air.

• will have moist or wet air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A tropical air mass forms near

• land

• the ocean

• the equator

• the North or South Pole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A polar air mass forms near

• land

• the ocean

• the equator

• the North or South Pole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If a Continental Polar air mass moves over your location, the weather will become

• cool and dry.

• cool and wet.

• warm and dry.

• warm and wet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If a maritime tropical air mass moves over your location, the weather will become

• cool and dry.

• cool and wet.

• warm and dry.

• warm and wet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary between two air masses as one air mass pushes into another is called

• a cyclone.

• an anticyclone.

• transpiration.

• a front.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

One air mass is pushing forward into another air mass. The boundary between the air masses is a cold front.

What does this mean?

• A warmer air mass is pushing into a colder air mass.

• A colder air mass is pushing into a warmer air mass.

• The two air masses are barely moving.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5