Air Masses
Fronts
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100
Describe the temperature and moisture of a maritime polar air mass.
What is a cold and moist air mass?
100
What type of front brings cold temperatures and violent storms?
What is a cold front?
100
Draw the symbol for a warm front
What is a line with semi circles
100
What is the weather in Houston?
What is clear skies/ good weather?
100
True or false: air moves from areas of high pressure to low pressure
What is true?
200
Describe the temperature and moisture of a maritime tropical air mass.
What is warm and moist?
200
What type of weather conditions occur along a warm front? You need at least 3 different weather conditions.
What is warm temperatures, cloudy, light rain, humid
200
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What does this symbol represent?
What is a stationary front?
200
What is the weather in memphis?
What is warm, rainy, cloudy?
200
True or false? Air masses move in the same direction in high and low pressure systems.
What is false?
300
What is the name of a cold and dry air mass?
What is a continental polar air mass?
300
Describe the movement of air masses at a stationary front.
What is warm and cold air masses meet and do not move.
300
What weather conditions occur in an area marked with this symbol?
H
What is high pressure- clear skies, good weather?
300
Which city is most likely experiencing light rain?
What is city B?
300
List 1 tool used by a meteorologist and describe its function.
What is thermometer, anemometer, barometer, hygrometer, nephoscope, weather vane, radar,
400
What is the name of a warm and dry air mass?
What is continental tropical?
400
What type of front involves 3 air masses interacting? Must be spelled correctly!
What is an occluded front?
400
What does this symbol represent?
What is wind?
400
Which city is most likely experiencing a cold front? There may be more than one correct answer.
What is Washington DC, Boston, Miami?
400
What type of weather occurs when a warm air masses rises over the ocean and creates a low pressure system?
What is a hurricane/typhoon?
500
What forms when 2 air masses meet?
What is a front?
500
What type of front causes lingering weather?
What is a stationary front?
500
Draw the symbol for an occluded front.
What is a line with alternating semicircles and triangles pointing the same direction?
500
List all the cities that are experiencing clear weather conditions.
What is Seattle, Denver, Jacksonville, New York, San Jose, Chicago?
500
List each type of weather front and the weather that occurs at each type.
cold- severe storms
warm- light rain, humid
stationary- fog
occluded- storms