Air Mass
Types of Air Mass
Weather Fronts
High and Low Pressure
Misc.
Weather
100
What is a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout?
What is air mass?
100
What type of air mass forms over water?
What is Maritime?
100
What front does cold air move into warm air?
What is a cold front?
100
What type of weather does high pressure cause?
What is sunny fair weather?
100
What is the instrument used to measure air pressure called?
What is a barometer?
100
What do we call a scientist who studies weather?
What is a meteorologist?
200
Is the air that originates over Canada cold or hot?
What is cold?
200
What type of air mass forms over land?
What is Continental?
200
What front moves hot air in and cold air out?
What is a warm front?
200
What type of weather does low pressure create?
What is rainy bad weather?
200
Severe weather system that forms in the ocean.
What is a hurricane?
200
Fill in the blanks: Weather is what the atmosphere is like at a given _______ and  _________.
What are time and place?
300
Is the air mass over Florida hot or cold?
What is hot?
300
What type of air is warm?
What is tropical?
300
What does a cold front typically bring?
What are clouds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms?
300
High pressure turns which way?
What is Clockwise?
300
What two gases mostly make up Earth's atmosphere?
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
300
What are two weather related conditions that can be caused by too much or too little water?
What are floods and droughts?
400
Where does an air mass originate?
What is over land and water?
400
What type of air is cold?
What is polar?
400
What does a warm front normally bring?
What are clouds and rain?
400
Which way does low pressure turn?
What is counter clockwise?
400
Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?
What is the mesosphere?
400
Where do hurricanes form?
What is over warm ocean water?
500
What happens when two air masses meet?
What is a front is formed?
500
What type of air mass is warm and moist?
What is maritime tropical?
500
What word describes how much water vapor is in the air?
What is humidity?
500
Sometimes when two air masses meet, neither one pushes forward. What is this front called?
What is a stationary front?
500
What is the first part of the atmosphere struck by sunlight, and therefore, very hot?
What is the thermosphere?
500
What are the four parts of weather?
What are temperature, humidity, wind, and air pressure?
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