Air Masses and Fronts Jet Stream

The amount of water vapor that is part of the air, compared with the maximum amount that could be part of the air at that temperature

• Stationary front

• Water Vapor

• Relative humidity

• Occluded front

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither move

• Stationary front

• Global winds

• Local winds

• Jet Stream

True or false. large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity, IS AIR MASS.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary where two air masses meet

• Front

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

when a warm air mass is caught between two cooler masses

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

when warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass

• Warm front

• Hot front

• cold front

• Local winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold front winds that blow for a short period of time over short distances

• Global winds

• Local winds

• Jet stream

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

steady winds that blow over long distances from a specific direction

• Jet stream

• Local winds

• Humidity

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

bands of high speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface

• Jet Stream

• Local winds

• Global winds

• Relative humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

horizontal movement of air caused by differences in air pressure which are a result of differences in temperature

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

• Wind

• Warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6