Air Fronts and Weather

What type of front occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass do not have enough energy to move the other one out of the way?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Dry

• Wet

• Cold

• Warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Dry

• Wet

• Cold

• Warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

• Dry

• Wet

• Warm

• Cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?

• Wet and cold

• Dry and warm

• Wet and warm

• Dry and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which is the correct symbol for an occluded front?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which is the correct symbol for a stationary front?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime

• Continental

• Polar

• Tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A(n) _____________ is the boundary where two air masses meet.

• air mass

• storm

• collision

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5