Quiz about Air Masses, Air Pressure, and Weather Fronts

Question 1

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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cold front

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warm front

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occluded front

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stationary front

Question 2

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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warm front

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cold front

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stationary front

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occluded front

Question 3

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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stationary front

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cold front

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warm front

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occluded front

Question 4

Which type of air would you find at air mass A?

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cold, humid

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cold, dry

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warm, humid

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warm, dry

Question 5

Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

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warm, humid

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cold, dry

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warm, dry

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cold, humid

Question 6

Which type of air would you find at air mass C?

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warm, dry

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cold, dry

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warm, humid

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cold, humid

Question 7

Which pressure system can produce storms?

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low pressure system

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high pressure system

Question 8

Which type of pressure system produces clear/fair/sunny weather?

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high pressure system

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low pressure system

Question 9

What type of air mass will form over the Atlantic ocean near the equator?

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Humid and Warm

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Dry and warm

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Dry and Cold

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Humid and Cold

Question 10

How do we name air masses?

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Humidity and temperature

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Water and temperature

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Air pressure

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Cold and warm

Question 11

Which type of front is displayed?

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Cold

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Warm

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Stationary

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Occluded

Question 12

Which type of front is displayed?

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Warm

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Cold

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Stationary

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Occluded

Question 13

Which type of front is displayed?

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Stationary

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Cold

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Warm

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Occluded

Question 14

All the following would bring precipitation except?

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High pressure

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Low pressure

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cold front

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Warm front

Question 15

An air mass travels north over the Pacific Ocean, from the tropics, and then eastward across the United States. Which weather pattern can be expected?

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warm and wet

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cool and wet

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warm and dry

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cool and dry

Question 16

A model is shown. The blue warm water from the jar rises to the top of the bowl. This model is MOST likely showing which event?

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the convection currents that form thunderstorms

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the way heat is transferred from a gas grill to food

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the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in lungs

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the direction in which a hurricane moves

Question 17

The reading on a barometer rises when ......

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air pressure increases.

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air pressure decreases.

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air humidity increases.

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air humidity decreases.

Question 18

Cumulonimbus clouds often form along cold fronts. Which type of weather is most likely to occur along a cold front?

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Rain & possible thunderstorms

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Sunny & Dry

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Moderate temperature with no precipitation

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High Temperatures with rain

Question 19

Robert noticed that sunny skies suddenly became stormy. Which most likely happened when the weather changed in this way?

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Air Pressire decreased

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Winds weakened

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Humidity decreased

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Temperature increased

Question 20

High pressure systems are usually associated with what type of weather?

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Fair weather and sunny

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Clouds and precipitation

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Severe Thunderstorms

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Jet Streams

Question 21

Low pressure systems are associated with what type of weather?

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Clouds & precipitation

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Fair weather & sunny

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Jet Streams

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Dry Air

Question 22

Which of the following forms when neither a colder air mass nor a warmer air mass moves at a frontal boundary (may produce several days of rain)?

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stationary front

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cold front

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warm front

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occluded front

Question 23

Which of the following forms when a colder air mass collides with and slides under a warmer air mass (may produce storms)?

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cold front

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warm front

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occluded front

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stationary front

Question 24

Which of the following forms when a warmer air mass collides with and rides over a colder air mass?

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warm front

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cold front

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occluded front

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stationary front

Question 25

When two different air masses collide...

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A front forms

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They casually become one

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A new planet evolves

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Dinosaurs become extinct

Question 26

What type of air would a continental polar air mass bring?

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Cold and dry

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Warm and humid

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Warm and dry

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Cold and humid

Question 27

What type of air mass is associated with warm and humid air?

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Maritime tropic

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Continental tropic

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Continental polar

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Maritime polar

Question 28

What type of air mass is associated with cold and humid air?

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Maritime polar

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Continental polar

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Maritime tropic

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Continental tropic

Question 29

What type of air would a continental tropic air mass bring?

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warm and dry

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warm and humid

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cold and dry

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cold and humid

Question 30

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and hot?

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cT

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cP

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mP

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mT

Question 31

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as cold and moist?

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mP

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cP

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cT

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mT

Question 32

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as warm and moist?

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mT

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cP

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mP

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cT

Question 33

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and cold?

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cP

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mP

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cT

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mT

Question 34

A drop in atmospheric pressure usually indicates the approach of a storm, such as a hurricane.Which weather instrument do meteorologists use to predict this drop in pressure?

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barometer

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anemometer

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thermometer

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psychrometer

Question 35

An unequal heating of the surface of Earth by the sun causes areas of high and low pressure to form.

What do the arrows in the diagram most likely represent?

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wind

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clouds

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runoff

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precipitation

Question 36

The model shows the interaction of two air masses.

Which statement best explains the basic cause for a thunderstorm?

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A thunderstorm is caused by the convergence of air masses with different temperatures.

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A thunderstorm is caused by the convergence of any two air masses with different altitudes.

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A thunderstorm is caused by the convergence of air masses having different speeds due to their accompanying wind directions.

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A thunderstorm is caused by the convergence of any two air masses moving in opposite directions.

Question 37

Which map shows the two correctly labeled air masses that frequently converge in the central plains to cause tornadoes?

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Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 38

When a cold air mass moves in and takes over a warm air mass sometimes causes cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms. What type of front is this describing?

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Cold Front

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Occluded Front

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Warm Front

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Stationary Front

Question 39

When warm air moves over cold air, a warm front forms. The warm air tends to rise along a gentle slope above the cold air and form layers of clouds. Which of the following cloud types and weather conditions would most likely result from a warm front?

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nimbostratus clouds and drizzly rain

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isolated cirrus clouds and clear weather

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cumulus clouds and clear weather

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cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms

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