Study Jams Weather and Climate

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

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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

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Which kind of front usually forms long, thin stratus clouds?

• polar front

• cold front

• warm front

• hot front

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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.

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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

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What forms when two air masses meet to create weather?

• a formation

• warm air

• a front

• a tornado

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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, sleet, snow, or hail

• any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing

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