Gilbert-air masses and fronts

What is an air mass?

• A measurement of how hot or cold the weather is

• A cloud formation seen during storms

• A type of weather pattern that brings rain

• A large body of air that forms over water or land in either tropical or polar regions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What might a warm and humid air mass bring?

• Drought

• Rain

• Clear skies

• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a front?

• A measurement of temperature

• The first part of a storm

• A type of cloud

• The point where two different air masses meet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does a warm front produce?

• Snow

• Thunderstorms

• Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures

• Clear skies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of weather does a high pressure system usually signal?

• Rainy weather

• Stormy weather

• Fair weather with clear skies

• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a tornado?

• A storm with thunder, lightning, heavy rains, and strong winds

• A low pressure tropical storm

• A type of high pressure system

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that extends down from a storm cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes storms?

• Cold air masses staying still

• Warm fronts only

• Pressure differences causing rapid air movement

• High pressure systems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a hurricane?

• A low pressure tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water

• A low pressure system over land

• A cold front that brings snow

• A type of thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What can the same conditions that make a snowstorm in the winter also make in the summer?

• A warm front

• A thunderstorm

• A tornado

• A hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the result of a cold air mass colliding and sliding under a warm air mass?

• A stationary front

• A warm front

• An occluded front

• A cold front that may produce thunderstorms and sometimes tornadoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5