Air Masses & Fronts

The boundary between two air masses.

• Air mass border

• Front

• Separation

• Front border

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude and south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure.

• Tropical air mass

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• Tropical front

• Polar air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.

• Warm front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

• Cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Body of air that is moist because it formed over a ocean.

• Polar air mass

• Continental air mass

• Maritime air mass

• Tropical air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A front where a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses and brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow.

• Stationary front

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A location where an air mass forms; it must be a relatively large and uniform area.

• Ocean

• Source Region

• Land

• Air Mass Region

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood

• front

• climate

• storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Continental tropical

• Maritime tropical

• Continental polar

• Maritime polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Maritime polar

• Continental polar

• Maritime tropic

• Continental tropic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5