Air Mass & Fronts

A wet, cold air mass would be - 

• maritime tropical 
• maritime polar
• continental tropical 
• continental polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A dry and cold air mass would be...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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cT air mass is

• tropical maritime

• polar maritime

• tropical continental

• polar continental

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a cP air mass is a

• Arctic Continental

• Polar Maritime

• Polar Continental

• Tropical Continental

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All of these are air masses that affect the US EXCEPT

• cP

• cT

• mT

• mA

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Which of these locations did a tropical maritime (mT) air mass originate?

• over Antarctica

• over a Southern region of the Atlantic Ocean

• Over Canada

• Over Mexico

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If an air mass formed over land, and is mostly dry, which descriptor will likely be part of its name?

• Tropical

• Arctic

• Maritime

• Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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