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Question 1
1.

What characterizes an air mass?

Question 2
2.

What type of weather do low-pressure air masses bring?

Question 3
3.

What mainly influences the movement of air masses?

Question 4
4.

How does humidity affect air mass formation?

Question 5
5.

Match the air masses with their characteristics.

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Continental tropical
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Hot and dry, forms over land.
Maritime tropical
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Warm and humid, forms over ocean.
Continental polar
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Cold and dry, forms over land.
Question 6
6.

Identify the formation areas for different air masses.

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Maritime polar
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Over warm ocean waters.
Maritime tropical
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Over hot land areas.
Continental tropical
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Over cold ocean waters.
Question 7
7.

Match characteristics to their respective air masses.

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Continental polar
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Very cold and dry.
Maritime polar
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Cool and humid.
Continental tropical
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Very hot and dry.
Question 8
8.

Determine the source regions for each air mass.

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Continental polar
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Warm waters near the equator.
Maritime tropical
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Cool ocean regions.
Maritime polar
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Cold land regions near the poles.
Question 9
9.

Match the front type with its weather characteristic.

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Stationary Front
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Long periods of rain or clouds
Warm Front
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Cloudy and rainy for days
Cold Front
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Causes abrupt weather changes
Question 10
10.

Match the front type with the temperature of the air mass.

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Cold Front
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Cool air mass moves in
Warm Front
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Warm air mass moves in
Stationary Front
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Both air masses remain
Question 11
11.

Match the front type with the type of precipitation.

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Warm Front
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Light rain or snow
Cold Front
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Thunderstorms occur
Stationary Front
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Fog may develop
Question 12
12.

Match the front type with what happens to the warm air.

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Warm Front
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Rises gently
Cold Front
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Rises and cools quickly
Stationary Front
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Does not move much
Question 13
13.

Match the weather effects to the occluded front.

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Cloudy weather
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Result of warm air rising
Temperature drop
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Use of two cool air masses
Rain or snow
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Caused by cooling air mass
Question 14
14.

Match the terms to their definitions regarding occluded fronts.

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Warm air mass
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Caught between two cool air masses
Cloud formation
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Occurs when air cools
Cold front
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Leading edge of cooler air
Question 15
15.

Match the processes with their impacts during an occluded front.

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Interaction of fronts
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Leads to precipitation formation
Rising air
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Causes condensation and clouds
Cooling of air
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Creates unstable weather conditions
Question 16
16.

Match the stages to the changes in an occluded front.

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Air mass movement
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Contributes to storm development
Weather transition
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Becomes cloudy and rainy
Warm air caught
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Between two cooler air masses
Question 17
17.

What happens when a cold front meets a warm front?

Question 18
18.

What type of precipitation occurs when warm air rises?

Question 19
19.

What characterizes a warm front overtaking a cold front?

Question 20
20.

What is a key factor in cloud formation in fronts?

Question 21
21.

What do meteorologists study to predict the weather?

Question 22
22.

What do weather symbols on maps indicate?

Question 23
23.

What does the direction of front symbols show?

Question 24
24.

What creates uncertainty in weather predictions?