2.10 Air Masses and Fronts

Word Cloud

Let's Review...

Pick a letter from the image and tell me the name of the cloud.

Open Ended

Think about it...

Why do you think the area highlighted on the map has so many tornadoes during the Springtime?

Multiple Choice

An air mass originates over the snowfields of Eastern

Europe and Russia, especially in winter. What type of air

mass will it be?

• maritime polar

• continental polar

• maritime tropical

Draw

Sketch a picture of a WARM front and the symbol that you would see on a weather map.

Draw

Sketch a picture of a COLD front and the symbol that you would see on a weather map.

Multiple Choice

Which type of front is formed when a cold front

overtakes a warm front?

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the importance of weather fronts is

true?

• Weather fronts can lead to the formation of precipitation and temperature

  changes.

• Weather fronts do not impact wind patterns.

• Weather fronts are not associated with any severe weather events.

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is typically associated with a warm front?

• stratocumulus

• stratus

• altocumulus

Multiple Choice

Where would a continental tropical air mass form?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Northern Canada

• Mojave Desert

Match

Match the different types of characteristics with their weather fronts.

• boundary between warm and cold air masses where colder air is advancing and replacing warmer air

• boundary between warm and cold air masses that is not moving or is moving very slowly

• boundary between warm and cold air masses where warmer air is advancing and replacing colder air

• type of front that forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front

cold front

stationary front

warm front

occluded front

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

• occluded front

Open Ended

List the weather patterns associated with warm fronts.

_{You may start your answer with:}

The weather patterns associated with warm fronts are . . .

Labelling

Exit Ticket...

Match the Description to the Air Mass.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Hot and Wet

Cold and Wet

Cold and Dry

Hot and Dry