Air Masses and Fronts MCQs (Meterology)

1. What is an air mass?
(A) A large body of air with uniform temperature and moisture characteristics
(B) A small area of air with different temperatures
(C) A layer of the atmosphere
(D) A storm system

2. What type of air mass originates over oceans and is typically moist?
(A) Continental
(B) Polar
(C) Maritime
(D) Arctic

3. Which air mass is typically cold and dry, forming over land areas in high latitudes?
(A) Continental Polar (cP)
(B) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(C) Continental Tropical (cT)
(D) Maritime Polar (mP)

4. What is a front in meteorological terms?
(A) A boundary between two different air masses
(B) A type of cloud formation
(C) The surface where air rises
(D) The high point in a hurricane

5. Which type of front forms when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass?
(A) Warm front
(B) Cold front
(C) Occluded front
(D) Stationary front

6. What kind of weather is typically associated with a cold front?
(A) Light rain and fog
(B) Thunderstorms and cooler temperatures
(C) Warm, dry conditions
(D) Clear skies and calm winds

7. Which type of air mass is warm and dry, often forming over deserts?
(A) Maritime Polar (mP)
(B) Continental Polar (cP)
(C) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(D) Continental Tropical (cT)

8. What type of front occurs when warm air overtakes cooler air, often leading to steady rain?
(A) Warm front
(B) Cold front
(C) Occluded front
(D) Stationary front

9. Which air mass brings cold, moist conditions to coastal regions, forming over cold ocean waters?
(A) Continental Polar (cP)
(B) Maritime Polar (mP)
(C) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(D) Continental Tropical (cT)

10. What weather conditions are typically found along a warm front?
(A) Sudden thunderstorms
(B) Steady rain or drizzle
(C) Clear skies
(D) Heavy snowstorms

11. Which air mass is responsible for bringing warm and humid weather to tropical regions?
(A) Maritime Polar (mP)
(B) Continental Polar (cP)
(C) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(D) Continental Tropical (cT)

12. What is a stationary front?
(A) A front that moves rapidly across the country
(B) A front where two air masses meet but neither advances
(C) A fast-moving warm front
(D) A low-pressure system

13. Which type of front forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front?
(A) Warm front
(B) Stationary front
(C) Occluded front
(D) Cold front

14. What weather conditions are commonly associated with a stationary front?
(A) Clear skies and calm weather
(B) Heavy snowfall
(C) Prolonged periods of rain or clouds
(D) Strong thunderstorms

15. Which air mass would most likely bring cold, dry conditions to the northern part of a continent during winter?
(A) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(B) Continental Polar (cP)
(C) Maritime Polar (mP)
(D) Continental Tropical (cT)

16. How does an occluded front typically form?
(A) A warm air mass slides over a cold air mass
(B) Two air masses meet and do not move
(C) A cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
(D) A high-pressure system pushes air downward

17. What is the term for the boundary between a warm air mass and a cooler air mass where the warm air is rising?
(A) Cold front
(B) Warm front
(C) Occluded front
(D) Stationary front

18. Which air mass originates over land and brings cold, dry weather to a region?
(A) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(B) Continental Tropical (cT)
(C) Continental Polar (cP)
(D) Maritime Polar (mP)

19. Which air mass is responsible for hot, dry conditions over the southwestern United States?
(A) Maritime Tropical (mT)
(B) Continental Tropical (cT)
(C) Maritime Polar (mP)
(D) Continental Polar (cP)

20. What weather conditions are typically found behind a cold front?
(A) Warm and humid
(B) Cold and clear
(C) Cloudy with continuous rain
(D) Mild and dry