Fronts Quiz

What is a front?

• An extremely large body of air with property of measurements 
• simple geographic areas where air mass originates.
• A transition zone between air masses with different properties.
• A tropical feature in which air mass is usually found.

What are the four main types of fronts?

• 1.Polar 
  2.Tropical
  3.Continental 
  4.Marine
• 1.Stationary front
  2.Cold front
  3.Warm front
  4.Occluded front
• 1. Snow front
  2.Cloud front
  3.Marine front
  4.Tropical
• I don't know

What is one way that you can identify a type of front based on your own weather observations?

• Looking for cloud and precipitation patterns
• All fronts start as a stationary front.
• Looking at the sun.
• It's impossible to know which front is which.

A stationary front is characterized by lots of movement in the transition zone in between clouds.

• TRUE
• FALSE

A cold front is?

• Air displacing cold air 
• Cold air that turns even colder.
• Cold air that is displacing warm air.
• I have no idea

There are two types/kinds of Occluded fronts.

• True
• False

Cold fronts usually bring a sharp change in direction, clearer skies, and cooler weather.

• No, only occluded fronts do that.
• Yes, cold fronts have the power to do that.
• No type of front can do that.
• ???

What happens when a front passes over an area?

• It means that many more fronts are on their way. 
• There is a change in weather.
• Nothing happens, everything stays the same.

A front will always stay the same and never change into another type of front.

• True
• False

What are the two types of Occluded fronts?

• 1. Warm front
  2.Warm occlusion 
• 1. Cold occlusion
  2. Stationary front
• There is only one type of Occluded front.
• 1. Warm occlusion
  2. Cold occlusion