Air Masses and Fronts quiz

What are the primary ways that heat can be transferred?

Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.

A fluid can either be classified as:

either liquids or gasses

What type of fluids have a higher thermal energy, which move or stay aloft higher up?

Warm fluids.

Which fluids have a lower thermal energy, which move or stay closer to the ground?

Cold fluids.

What is the area where cold and warm fluids collide/meet known as?

A front/boundary.

What are the two characteristics of air masses?

Temperature and moisture.

What is an air mass that is dry and forms over land?

Continental air mass.

What is an air mass that forms over the polar region and is cold?

Polar air mass.

What is an air mass that forms over the tropics and is warm?

Tropical air mass.

What is an air mass that is wet and forms over water?

Maritime air mass.

What forms when two different large air masses meet and usually bring changes in the weather?

Fronts.

What type of front is made of cold, dense air?

Cold front.

What is the front that brings rain, snow, thunderstorms, and sometimes tornadoes, where the precipitation usually does not last very long?

Cold front.

What is the front that forms when two air masses meet and neither one of them takes over?

Stationary front.

What type of front often causes many cloudy days to occur in a row?

Stationary front.

What type of front is formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mas?

Warm front.

What type of front usually produces rain, fog, or snow that is light but steady?

Warm front.

What type of front develops when two cool air masses merge, forcing the warm air to rise and become trapped that usually brings wind and precipitation?

Occluded front.

What type of pressure system usually indicates calm, clear weather?

High pressure.

What weather can be expected as the cold front passes through and area?

Winds become gusty; sudden drop in temperature, heavy rain, sometimes with hail, thunder, and lightning.