Weather Front Reassessment Review

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Cold Front

A cold front forms when cold air moves under warm air. Since the warm air is less dense the cold air pushes the warm air up. Cold fronts can and usually do produce thunderstorms. They are usually followed by colder and drier air.

Warm Front

A Warm Front forms when warm air moves over colder denser air and gradually replaces the colder air. Warm Fronts generally bring rain and are followed by clear and warm weather.

Stationary Front

A Stationary Front occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meets but neither have the force to push the warm air mass up over the cold air mass. The two air masses remain seperate creating a Stationary Front. A Stationary Front usually creates several days of rainy weather.

Multiple Choice

It has been raining for days and Mrs. Latham wants to wash her car. What kind of front do you think could have caused all this rain.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Multiple Choice

It has been thundering and lightning today and Mrs. Latham's dog has been so scared. When it finally calms down she takes her dog Shiloh out to use the bathroom. Burr she should have put a jacket on it is very cool outside but at least it is not raining anymore. What kind of Front do you think caused the weather today?

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

​Weather Symbols

Fronts

Front: boundaries of air masses Differ by temperature, density, and humidity

• The weather we experience depends on which front is dominant 
• Fronts bring precipitation

Cold Front

• A Cold air masses pushes a warm air mass upward

• The air & weather becomes cooler

• Heavy precipitation and storms follow

• Tall cumulonimbus clouds form because the wind is pushing air & water vapor upward

Warm Front

• A warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass

• The temperature warms as cold air is pushed back

• Water vapor causes high humidity

• Precipitation is milder (ex. drizzles)

Stationary Front

• A warm and cold air mass meet trying to move in opposite directions

• Neither is moved

• Heavy storms & precipitation can last for days

Multiple Choice

Which symbol represents a stationary front?

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather happens during a warm front?

• Light rain or light snow
• Heavy rain or heavy snow
• Clear skies, temp. warms
• Clear skies, temp. cools

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather happens during a cold front?

• Light rain or light snow
• Heavy rain or heavy snow
• Clear skies, temp. warms
• Clear skies, temp. cools

Multiple Choice

During a cold front you are likely to experience...

• Thunderstorm

• Light drizzle

• Sunny Weather

Multiple Choice

What are weather fronts?

• Boundaries between air masses with different characteristics

• Boundaries between land and sea

• Boundaries between different seasons

• Boundaries between different countries

Multiple Choice

Which type of front brings heavy rain, thunderstorms, or snow?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

Multiple Choice

What symbol is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Categorize

Options (8)

warm weather

no rain

storms

cools down

colder weather

gentle rains

warms up

Clear skies

Organize these options into the right categories

Before Cold Front

After Cold Front

Before Warm Front

After Warm Front

Multiple Choice

Which type of front will bring thunderstorms?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

Multiple Choice

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Multiple Choice

What symbol is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Multiple Choice

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather is Memphis currently experiencing? 

• Cold temperatures with storms
• Cold temperatures with windy weather
• Warm temperatures with some precipitation
• Warm temperatures with storms

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather should El Paso expect tomorrow? 

• A decrease in temperature with storms
• A decrease in temperature with fair weather
• An increase in temperature with storms
• An increase in temperature with fair weather

Multiple Choice

What type of front is over Texas?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Based on the weather map, which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours? 

• Denver, because it is raining there
• Minneapolis, because a cold front is approaching
• Atlanta, because a warm front is approaching
• Houston, because it is in a high pressure area

Multiple Choice

What weather WILL be happening on the black dot?

• warmer weather

• storms

• gentle rain

• no change in weather

Multiple Choice

What weather IS happening at the green dot?

• warmer weather

• storms

• gentle rain

• no change in weather

Multiple Choice

What just happened at the blue dot?

• it cooled down

• it warmed up

• storms just broke out

• no change in weather

Multiple Choice

The red dot is probably experiencing

• gentle rains

• storms

• warm weather

• snow

Multiple Choice

What WILL happen at the black dot?

• it will warm up

• it will cool down

• it will stop raining

• no real change at all