Weather Quiz

Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Located at the leading edge of a warm air mass. Brings gentle rain or light snow, followed by warmer, milder weather.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front 
• Occluded Front 
• Stationary Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where the warm and cold air meet and stall, clouds and fog form, and it may rain or snow.  It could bring many days of clouds and precipitation.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front 
• Stationary Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold front overtakes a warm front, the temperature drops as the warm air mass is cut off from the ground and pushed upward.  It can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation. 

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front
• Cold Front
• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front
• Cold Front
• Warm Front 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:

• tornado
• thunderstorm
• hurricane
• blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm
• blizzard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2