Air Masses and Fronts Assessment

A _______________ is formed when a warm and cold air mass meet

• front
• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an - 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary between two air masses is called a/an - 

• flood
• front
• climate
• storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front moves quickly and can produce severe thunderstorms?

• Stationary
• Warm
• Cold
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This event can best be identified as what?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass causing the warm air to rise. This  event can best be identified as — 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air travels

• from high pressure to low pressure
• from low pressure to high pressue

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5