Pressure, Fronts and Currents Review

What is a body of air that has the same temperature and moisture?

• Air body

• Wind body

• Air mass

• Air trough

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What is a area of cold sinking air called?

• Low Pressure

• Medium pressure

• No pressure

• High pressure

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What is an area of warm rising air that brings thunderstorms?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Under pressure

• No pressure

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What is a boundary between two different air masses?

• Air wall

• Front

• Barrier

• Air mass

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A ____ front is when cold air pushes warm air upward quickly into the atmosphere

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A ____ front is when warm air moves slowly over cold air producing light rain.

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A __________ front happens when cold air and warm air meet but don't move each other.

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What is a convection current?

• Moving salt

• Direct heat contact

• Waves of energy

• Warm matter rising and cold matter sinking

Wind is created when ____ pressure air moves toward ____ pressure air

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What direction does wind usually blow across the United States?

• East to West

• West to East

• North to South

• South to North

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