Weather Patterns - Retake

An air mass that forms over an ocean is called

• tropical

• continental

• maritime

• polar

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Cool, clear weather usually follows a

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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A rotating funnel-shapped cloud with high winds that extends from a storm cloud to Earth's surface is a

• storm surge

• thunderstorm

• hurrican

• tornado

Very large tropical cyclones with high winds are called

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• air masses

• anticyclones

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Lines joining the same places that have the same temperature

• isobars

• isotherms

• fronts

• occluded

The boundary between unlike air masses

• front

• cyclone

• anticyclone

• pressure

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How are air masses classified

• by temperature and pressure

• by pressure and humidity

• by temperature and density

• by temperature and humidity

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A rapidly moving cold air mass meets a slowly moving warm air mass and forms a front. What is most like to occur at this front

• The two air masses will mix together

• the warm air will slide under the cold air

• cold air will slide under warm air

• the less dens warm aire will sink and cool. clouds will form

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________________ use maps, charts, and computers to analyze weather data and to prepare weather forecasts

Anticylcones are ________ pressures of dry air

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