Air Masses and Weather Fronts

Master air masses and weather fronts! Learn to identify and classify them.

Sort the characteristics below by assigning them to the correct type of air mass. Arctic Dry and very cold Maritime Polar Moist and cold Forms over cold water Continental Polar Dry and cold Forms over cold land Maritime Tropical Moist and warm Forms over warm water Continental Tropical Forms over warm land Dry and warm Match each image to the type of front it shows. Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Occluded Front Which type of front often causes strong storms when it comes through Florida in the winter months? Cold front Warm front Occluded front True or false: The characteristics of air masses change as they move from place to place because they are modified by the places they go. True False Label the different types of fronts on the image. Stationary front Occluded front Warm front Cold front Would you say that air massesare important for determining weather, climate, or both? Why?