Air Masses and Fronts-checkup

This event can best be identified as what?

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

This front may bring fog or a gentle rain.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The boundary that forms between two air masses when they meet is called a...

• front
• storm line
• squall line
• midaltitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures

• warm air is forced up by cold air moving in and the warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms

• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this? 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5