G7 Weather and Air Masses Mastery Check

What determines the resulting weather conditions when air masses move?

• a. Temperature and humidity conditions

• b. Air pressure

• c. Fronts

• d. Air masses

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What type of front forms when a warm air mass collides and rides over a cold air mass?

• a. Warm front

• b. Stationary front

• c. Cold front

• d. Occluded front

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Which pressure system usually signals fair weather with wind circulating around the system in a clockwise direction?

• a. Low pressure system

• b. High pressure system

• c. Warm front

• d. Stationary front

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What is a rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud that extends down from a storm cloud called?

• a. Hurricane

• b. Tornado

• c. Thunderstorm

• d. Warm front

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Which type of storm is caused by low pressure systems?

• a. Earthquake

• b. Blizzard

• c. Tornado

• d. Earthquake

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Match the following

• Two cold fronts sandwich a warm front

• Stationary Front

• Warm air mass squashes a cold air mass to the ground

• Warm Front

• Cold air mass pushes up a warm air mass

• Cold Front

• Two Fronts meet and do not push past each other

• Occluded Front

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When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it becomes a/n ______.

• stationary front

• cold front

• occluded front

• warm front

An warm front is

• Occurs when a colder air mass overtakes a warmer air mass.

• Warm air steadily rises about cooler air to create gentle rain showers

• Occurs when a cold front catches up and overtakes and captures a warm front

• Boundary between two air masses that are not moving

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