Air Masses
Fronts #1
Fronts #2
Pressure Systems
Other
100
An _________ is a large body of air.
What is an air mass?
100
A front is a _________ between two air masses.
What is a boundary?
100
This front is represented by red circles on a line.
What is a warm front?
100
This pressure system is represented by a blue H.
What is high pressure?
100
This front is represented with red circles going one direction and blue triangles going the other direction.
What is a stationary front?
200
These three things determine an air mass.
What is temperature, pressure and humidity level?
200
This front is represented by blue triangles on a line.
What is a cold front?
200
This front brings clouds and precipitation.
What are all the fronts?
200
This pressure system is represented by a red L.
What is low pressure?
200
When a continental polar meets a maritime tropical, this forms.
What is a storm?
300
This air mass forms over Canada.
What is continental polar?
300
This front occurs when cold and warm air meet and neither one wants to move.
What is a stationary front?
300
This front can bring light rain for several days.
What is a warm front?
300
This pressure system involves cold air sinking so clouds do not rise.
What is a high pressure?
300
This air mass forms over land in warm locations.
What is continental tropical?
400
This air mass forms over the Gulf of Mexico.
What is maritime tropical?
400
This air mass involves cold air pushing warm air upwards.
What is cold front?
400
This front occurs when warm air slides over cold air.
What is warm front?
400
This pressure system involves warm air rising so clouds form.
What is a low pressure?
400
This front is represented by purple triangles and circles that alternate with a cold and warm front coming off of the symbol.
What is an occluded front?
500
This air mass forms over the coast of Alaska.
What is maritime polar?
500
This front involves warm air being squeezed upward between two cooler air masses.
What is an occluded front?
500
This front can bring storms and destruction.
What is cold front?
500
This pressure system is found with all fronts.
What is a low pressure system?
500
This air mass can bring cool, dry air.
What is continental polar?
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