8.10B Air Masses And Fronts Question Preview (ID: 35111)


A Review Of Air Masses, High And Low Pressure Systems, And Fronts. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

When a cold air mass and a hot air mass sit near each other, but neither move what type of front isit
a) Warm
b) Cold
c) Stationary
d) Occluded

The symbol for a warm front is
a) A ribbon of semi circles
b) A ribbon of triangles
c) A ribbon of alternating triangles and semi circles
d) A capitalized H

When a cold air mass hits hot air mass what type of front is it
a) Warm
b) Cold
c) Stationary
d) Occluded

What do the lines surrounding a pressure system tell you on a weather map?
a) The temperature
b) The Pressure
c) The direction the pressure system is moving
d) How high in the atmosphere the pressure system is

Due to convection currents wind should go straight up from the equator to the poles, but it curves instead. Why?
a) The tilt of the earth
b) The Doppler effect
c) Nobody knows, it is a miracle
d) The Coriolis Effect

The jet stream moves in what direction
a) North to south
b) south to north
c) East to west (right to left)
d) West to East (left to right)

Why is is warm and humid in norther Europe but freezing cold in Maine?
a) The Jet Stream
b) Global Warming
c) The Gulf Stream
d) Its not

A High pressure system is when...
a) Air is moving down 'sucking' the clouds our of the sky and resulting in a sunny day.
b) Air is moving down causing there to be a lot of clouds and rain
c) Air is moving up causing there to be a sunny day
d) Air is moving up causing there to be a lot of clouds and rain

A Cold Front will bring what type of weather?
a) Cold and Snowy
b) Hot and Snowy
c) Cold and drizziling
d) Cold and Thunderstorming

When a cold front runs into a warm front what type of front is it
a) Warm
b) Cold
c) Stationary
d) Occluded

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