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Air Masses and Fronts

Description: This quiz will test your knowledge of air masses and fronts, including their characteristics, types, and effects on weather.
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What is an air mass?

  1. A large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity.

  2. A small body of air with uniform temperature and humidity.

  3. A body of air with varying temperature and humidity.

  4. A body of air with varying temperature and uniform humidity.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An air mass is a large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity that covers a large area of the Earth's surface.

What are the four main types of air masses?

  1. Continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical.

  2. Continental polar, maritime polar, continental subtropical, and maritime subtropical.

  3. Continental polar, maritime polar, continental equatorial, and maritime equatorial.

  4. Continental polar, maritime polar, continental temperate, and maritime temperate.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The four main types of air masses are continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical.

What is a front?

  1. A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures and densities.

  2. A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures and humidities.

  3. A boundary between two air masses with different densities and humidities.

  4. A boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, densities, and humidities.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A front is a boundary between two air masses with different temperatures and densities.

What are the four main types of fronts?

  1. Cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts.

  2. Cold fronts, warm fronts, stable fronts, and unstable fronts.

  3. Cold fronts, warm fronts, convergent fronts, and divergent fronts.

  4. Cold fronts, warm fronts, rising fronts, and sinking fronts.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The four main types of fronts are cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts.

What is a cold front?

  1. A front where cold air replaces warm air.

  2. A front where warm air replaces cold air.

  3. A front where two air masses of the same temperature meet.

  4. A front where two air masses of the same density meet.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A cold front is a front where cold air replaces warm air.

What is a warm front?

  1. A front where warm air replaces cold air.

  2. A front where cold air replaces warm air.

  3. A front where two air masses of the same temperature meet.

  4. A front where two air masses of the same density meet.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A warm front is a front where warm air replaces cold air.

What is a stationary front?

  1. A front where two air masses of the same temperature meet.

  2. A front where two air masses of the same density meet.

  3. A front where cold air replaces warm air.

  4. A front where warm air replaces cold air.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A stationary front is a front where two air masses of the same temperature meet.

What is an occluded front?

  1. A front where a cold front overtakes a warm front.

  2. A front where a warm front overtakes a cold front.

  3. A front where two cold fronts meet.

  4. A front where two warm fronts meet.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An occluded front is a front where a cold front overtakes a warm front.

What is the difference between a cold front and a warm front?

  1. Cold fronts are associated with rising air and warm fronts are associated with sinking air.

  2. Cold fronts are associated with sinking air and warm fronts are associated with rising air.

  3. Cold fronts are associated with stable air and warm fronts are associated with unstable air.

  4. Cold fronts are associated with unstable air and warm fronts are associated with stable air.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cold fronts are associated with sinking air and warm fronts are associated with rising air.

What is the difference between a stationary front and an occluded front?

  1. Stationary fronts are associated with rising air and occluded fronts are associated with sinking air.

  2. Stationary fronts are associated with sinking air and occluded fronts are associated with rising air.

  3. Stationary fronts are associated with stable air and occluded fronts are associated with unstable air.

  4. Stationary fronts are associated with unstable air and occluded fronts are associated with stable air.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Stationary fronts are associated with stable air and occluded fronts are associated with unstable air.

What are the effects of air masses and fronts on weather?

  1. Air masses and fronts can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

  2. Air masses and fronts can cause changes in temperature, humidity, and wind.

  3. Air masses and fronts can cause changes in temperature and precipitation.

  4. Air masses and fronts can cause changes in humidity and precipitation.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Air masses and fronts can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

What is the jet stream?

  1. A narrow band of high-altitude winds that flows from west to east.

  2. A narrow band of high-altitude winds that flows from east to west.

  3. A narrow band of low-altitude winds that flows from west to east.

  4. A narrow band of low-altitude winds that flows from east to west.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The jet stream is a narrow band of high-altitude winds that flows from west to east.

How does the jet stream affect weather?

  1. The jet stream can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

  2. The jet stream can cause changes in temperature, humidity, and wind.

  3. The jet stream can cause changes in temperature and precipitation.

  4. The jet stream can cause changes in humidity and precipitation.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The jet stream can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

What is the difference between a cyclone and an anticyclone?

  1. Cyclones are associated with rising air and anticyclones are associated with sinking air.

  2. Cyclones are associated with sinking air and anticyclones are associated with rising air.

  3. Cyclones are associated with stable air and anticyclones are associated with unstable air.

  4. Cyclones are associated with unstable air and anticyclones are associated with stable air.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cyclones are associated with rising air and anticyclones are associated with sinking air.

What are the effects of cyclones and anticyclones on weather?

  1. Cyclones can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

  2. Cyclones can cause changes in temperature, humidity, and wind.

  3. Cyclones can cause changes in temperature and precipitation.

  4. Cyclones can cause changes in humidity and precipitation.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cyclones can cause changes in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind.

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