Weather Patterns Review

What is a cold front?

• a mass of warm air
• storm
• a mass of cold air
• your face in winter

What is a warm front?

• a cloud of warm air
• a mass of warm air
• a cloud of cold air
• tornado

A stationary front happens when...

• a cold and warm front meet
• a cold and warm front meet and stay still
• water gets evaporated
• a warm front overtakes a cold front

True or False? Low pressure often brings rain.

• True
• False

High pressure causes...

• Sunny skies
• precipitation
• hot weather
• cold weather

Which type of cloud is most likely to bring thunderstorms?

• stratus

• altostratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

As altitude increases, air pressure usually

• decreases

• increases

• varies more

• varies less

Cold air is denser than warm air, so it sinks. What kind of pressure area does this create?

• Dense pressure

• High pressure

• Low pressure

• No pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of weather is associated with high air pressure?

• Clouds and rain

• Clouds without rain

• Clear skies

• Tornadoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The front pictured above would bring what kind of weather?

• Clear and warm followed by rain

• Warm and cloudy followed by clear skies

• Stormy weather followed by cool, clear skies

• Rainy weather followed by warm, cloudy skies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6