Weather & Climate 2025

A cold front is...

• a cold air mass that bumps against a warm air mass

• a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly rises over it.

This front is represented by semi-circles when approaching a location.

• Warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Meteorologists use a variety of tools to describe atmospheric conditions.

Which of the following are types of data that need to be collected in order to know what kind of weather to expect over the next few days?

• Air Pressure

• Air Temperature

• Wind

• All of these

A dry and cold air mass would be...

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

How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

Which global wind belt is found at letter A?

• Polar Easterlies 
• Prevailing Westerlies 
• Tradewinds
• Doldrums 

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis
• continental deflection
• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

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

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

A wet and cold air mass would be a...

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