Air Pressure, Fronts, and Clouds.

What is air pressure?

• The weight of the air pressing down on the Earth.

• The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• The temperature of the air.

• The volume of the air.

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What instrument is used to measure air pressure?

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

• Sling psychrometer

• Barometer

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What is a weather front?

• The opposite of back.

• A boundary between two air masses at the Earth's surface.

• A giant cloud in the sky.

• A circular storm that originates off the coast of Africa.

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What is a cold front?

• The process that occurs as you open the freezer.

• The process that occurs when a cold air mass pushes into a warmer air mass.

• The process occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to form a cloud.

• The process occurs when the wind comes from the south.

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Which type of front occurs as a warm air mass collides into a cooler air mass?

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

• Warm front

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A weather front or transition zone between two air masses, when neither air mass is advancing.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Type of cloud that forms very high in the atmosphere and is made of primarily ice crystals.

• Nimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

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Type of cloud that often covers the sky like a sheet or blanket.

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

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Type of cloud that is puffy and and often has definite shapes.

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

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Type of cloud that indicates rain or snow.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Nimbus

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