Scholastic Study Jams: Air Masses and Fronts

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Science
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6th Grade
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Hope Cobb
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an air mass?
a place where weather always changes in an extreme way
a large body of air with the same temperature and moisture
any kind of cloud that produces rain, snow, sleet or hail
any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What forms when two air masses meet and create weather?
a formation
warm air
a front
a tornado
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?
cold front
warm front
hot front
polar front
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does a warm front usually bring a light and steady rain?
Warm fronts bring extremely low air pressure.
Weather that is not intense always happens at any kind of front.
A warm air mass violently crashes against a cold air mass, so the weather is wet.
A warm air mass slowly climbs up over the cold air mass, so the weather is less intense.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which kind of front usually forms long, thin stratus clouds?
polar front
cold front
warm front
hot front
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is similar between the two kinds of maritime air masses?
amount of moisture in the air
temperature of the air mass
geographic location
types of clouds they form
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What would most likely happen if a continental polar air mass clashed with a continental tropical air mass?
The clouds would disappear, and the day would become clear and sunny.
Cumulus clouds would form, and a big thunderstorm would occur.
Stratus clouds would form, and they would make the day warmer.
Clouds would form, and they would bring light and steady rainfall.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
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