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=== View: Cold and Warm Front Demonstration ===

Answer the questions below.

 * 1) What happens when different types of are air masses collide? It makes a warm or cold front.
 * 2)  What are the boundaries of air mass called? They are called fronts.
 * 3) Define an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout.
 * 4) How large may an air mass be? Synoptic aka large area
 * 5) What does the term moist mean. It means a little bit wet or damp.
 * 6) If an air mass is humid what does that mean? It's moist
 * 7) Describe an air mass which forms over Canada in terms of its temperature and moisture. It world be arctic
 * 8) Describe an air mass that forms over a desert in terms of its temperature and moisture. dry hot
 * 9) Describe an air mass that forms over water in Gulf of Mexico in terms of its temperature and moisture.
 * 10) In the area of the Unites states, which way do cold air masses move? (North or South) South
 * 11) In the area of the Unites states which way do warm air masses move? north
 * 12) Why are Canadian air masses considered to be dry air masses? because they don't get a lot of rain
 * 13) What happens when a warm humid air mass meat a cold dry air mass? it makes a cumulonimbus cloud
 * 14) Why can cold air masses from Canada make it all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico? the cold air will push the warm air
 * 15) What is a front? transition between two air masses
 * 16) What typically happens when two different types of fronts collide? It makes a lot of clouds
 * 17) What are the three types of fonts? cold warm stationary
 * 18) Describe the temperature of the air behind a cold front. the air will become cold
 * 1) Looking at the diagram above, which state has a temperature of 380F? South Dakota
 * 2) Looking at the diagram above, which state has a temperature of 550F? Iowa
 * 3) Looking at the diagram above, what would you expect the temperature of Illinois to be in three days? EXPLAIN!
 * 4) How does the temperature of an area change as a cold front passes? it makes it colder
 * 5) What does precipitation mean? it means it is raining or snowing or hailing and sleeting.
 * 6) What type of precipitation occurs when a cold front passes? any of them
 * 7) Describe the type of air behind a warm front? warm air
 * 8)  In which direction do warm fronts typically move. clockwise
 * 9) What type of precipitation usually occurs when a warm front passes by rain
 * 10) Label the two fronts on the diagram below: warm and cold fronts
 * 1) How is cold front diagrammed? by a blue line with pikes on it going counter clockwise.
 * 2) How is a warm front diagrammed? by a red line with circles on it going clockwise
 * 3) What is a stationary front? "don't worry about it" quoted by Mr. Paczynski
 * 4) How is a stationary front diagrammed? "don't worry about it" quoted by Mr. Paczynski
 * 5) When warm air contacts cold air, which air mass typically rises above the other? the cold air
 * 6) Which of the following is a diagram of cold front and which is the warm front? warm first cold second

On the diagram below: On the diagram below:
 * 1) How are cold fronts diagrammed? by a blue space and a arrow
 * 2)  How many cold front are there on the diagram? there is only one
 * 3) In which direction is the front over Washington and Oregon traveling? its moving to the left
 * 4) In which direction is the front over North Carolina traveling? its moving to the left too
 * 1) How is the warm front diagrammed? by a red line with spikes on it
 * 2) In which direction is the warm front traveling? they are both travailing south
 * 3) What do you call the front that is over the middle of Canada? a stationary front
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 * 1) If it is snowing in Great Neck, what type of air mass must be present?
 * 2)  If its very hot in October in Great Neck, what type of air mass must be present?
 * 3) Assuming a warm front is moving into the area, there is a stagnant (non-moving) cold air mass around Great Neck, what type of precipitation might we expect? How long might it last?