Ch 19 (Weather)

When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.

• A) warm-front weather
• B) cold-front weather
• C) air-mass weather
• D) occluded front weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.

• A) cP
• B) mP
• C) cT
• D) mT

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A maritime Polar (mP) air mass is ________.

• A) cold and dry
• B) cold and humid
• C) warm and dry
• D) warm and humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An air mass that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean in winter over cold water and then comes ashore is a ________ mass.

• A) Continental Polar air mass
• B) Maritime Polar air mass
• C) Continental Tropical air mass
• D) cyclonic storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

On a weather map, ________ fronts are shown by a line with triangular points on one side.

• A) warm
• B) cold
• C) occluded
• D) stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

On a weather map, ________ fronts are shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side.

• A) warm
• B) cold
• C) occluded
• D) stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The eye of a hurricane is ________.

• A) the portion with the highest wind speeds
• B) warmer than the rest of the storm
• C) along the leading edge of the storm
• D) the area of most intense rainfall

A cT air mass is ________ and ________.

• A) dry; cool
• B) dry; warm
• C) wet; cool
• D) wet; warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An occluded front is depicted on a weather map as a line with ________.

• A) circular and triangular points on the same side
• B) circular points on one side
• C) semicircles on one side and triangular points on the other side.
• D) triangular points on one side

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a(n) ________ front passes, the temperature drops dramatically.

• A) cold
• B) occluded
• C) stationary
• D) warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5