Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Period: ___________
Unit 4 Lessons 3 Review (Influences of Weather) (85)
Matching:
A. Tropical
B. Maritime
C. Polar
D. Continental
_______ 1. Cold air mass from North
_______ 2. Air mass that forms over land
_______ 3. Warm air from the tropics
_______ 4. Air mass that forms over oceans
5. Draw a cold front, warm front, and a stationary front. Label warm and cool air masses. Draw an arrow to
show the movement of the air.
Cold
Warm
Stationary
6. What weather comes before a cold front? __________________________________________________
7. What weather follows a cold front? _________________________________________________________
8. What weather comes before a warm front? _________________________________________________
9. What weather follows a warm front? ________________________________________________________
10. What does density have to do with fronts?
11. What kind of temperature (warm or cold) and humidity (wet or dry) will each air mass bring to the United
States?
Circle the correct temperature and humidity.
Air mass A
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
Air mass B
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
Air mass C
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
Air mass D
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
Air mass E
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
Air mass F
Warm/ Cold
Dry/Wet
12. Fill in the chart below.
Low pressure
Air is rising or sinking?
Winds movement
counter -clockwise or clockwise?
Weather associated with the
pressure system
cloudy or clear?
High pressure
13. Condensation –
14. Evaporation –
15. Precipitation –
16. Humidity –
17. Barometer –
18. When the barometer is falling what weather could occur?
19. When the barometer is rising what weather could occur?
20. Where do cold water currents come from? ______________________________ What affect do they have on the
coastal regions they flow by?
21. Where do warm water currents come from? ___________________________ What affect do they have on the
coastal regions they flow by?
22. Infrared radiation –
23. Ultraviolet radiation –
24. Water cycle -