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Weather: Air Masses & Fronts
Weather: Air Masses & Fronts
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In warm fronts warm air replaces what?
Oxygen
Warmer air
Colder air
Nitrogen
2
A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops is a(n)
cloud
tornado
air mass
front
3
Cold fronts are associated with what type of weather?
Warm weather
Cirrus clouds
Precipitation & Storms
clear skies, sunny days
4
In which kind of front does warm air rise slowly over cold air creating stratus clouds?
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
5
_______________________ form along fronts.
Temperate zones
High-pressure systems
Low-pressure systems
Isotherms
6
When air masses sink, clouds cannot form. This fair weather is caused by what?
low pressure
high pressure
stationary front
cold front
7
This is a picture of what?
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
warm front
8
What is a front?
boundary seperating 2 masses of air with different density
none of the above
boundary seperating 1 air mass with same density
climate
9
This is a picture of what?
cold front
warm front
stationary front
occluded front
10
Precipitation and storms typically occur where?
polar zones
isobars
high-pressure systems
low-pressure systems
11
The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a
air mass
storm
climate
front
12
Which front moves the fastest?
Cold
Stationary
Occluded
Warm
13
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount that could be in the air is
dew point
precipitation
rain
relative humidity
14
Violent storms generally form along
an occluded front
a warm front
a stationary front
a cold front
15
Which front has the most violent weather?
Occluded
Warm
Stationary
Cold
16
Low-pressure systems usually mean
fair weather.
extremely hot weather.
cloudy weather.
clearing weather.
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When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can at a particular temperature, it is
relative humidity
relieved
condensed
saturated