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Weather Lesson 2: What are air masses?

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5th Grade Earth Science Air Masses

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1
What is the source of all energy for weather?
the sun
fronts
convection currents
cyclones
2
A Continental Polar Air Mass is
warm and moist
cold and dry
warm and dry
cold and moist
3
A Maritime Tropical Air Mass is
cold and dry
warm and moist
cold and moist
warm and dry
4
What moves air masses?
fronts
gravity
wind
the sun
5
You can figure out where an air mass came from by looking at the
type of weather
air's temperature
amount of water vapor
air's temperature and amount of water vapor
6
If an air mass is warm and fairly dry, it is what type of air mass?
Continental Polar
Maritime Tropical
Maritime Polar
Continental Tropical
7
What is one difference between a cyclone and anticyclone?
They spin opposite of each other no matter where on Earth
Cyclones spin clockwise, anticyclones spin counterclockwise
Cyclones spin counterclockwise, anticyclones spin clockwise
They both bring storms
8
Where does weather usually happen in an air mass?
at the top
at the edges
in the middle
at the bottom
9
How many types of air masses are there?
2
3
1
4
10
What do the letters H and L stand for on a weather map?
low pressure and warm temperatures
high pressure and low pressure
hot and cold weather
high pressure and cold temperatures
11
Cold fronts bring in warmer air and warm fronts bring in cooler air.
True
False
12
How are warm and cold fronts similar?
They both form the same way.
They both have precipitation.
They both have rising warm air.
They are both fronts.