Air Masses and Fronts

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 snow, rain, hail, or sleet.

• Any kind of air as long as it is wet and freezing.

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What forms when two air masses meet and create weather?

• A formation

• Warm air

• Front

• Tornado

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When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

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

• Polar Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Tropical Front

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What is similar of the two kids 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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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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