Content Objective
Students will demonstrate knowledge of major air masses and frontal boundaries and what causes them while using a video clip, teacher explanation, and their text book.

E.ES.07.74 Describe weather conditions associated with frontal boundaries (cold, warm, stationary, and occluded) and the movement of major air masses and the jet stream across North America using a weather map.

Language Objective
Students will write to and draw to describe the different types of frontal boundaries and the weather associated with each of them by creating diagrams of each

1.Air masses are _____ that are characterized by their _____ content and their _____.

2.Air masses that come from over land are generally _____ and are called ____.

3.Air masses that come from over the ocean are generally _____ and are called ____.

4.Air masses that come from over polar regions are generally ____ and are called ____.

5.Air masses that come from the equator are generally _____ and are called ____.

6.When an air mass is from both the land and polar regions they are called ___ ___.

7.When an air mass is from both the land and equator they are called ___ ___.

8.When an air mass is from both the ocean and polar regions they are called ___ ___.

9.When an air mass is from both the ocean and equator they are called ___ ___.

HOMEWORK – Study for quiz on the Atmosphere (layers and composition)