Weather Fronts, Pressure and Forecasting

The warm front is moving North. I can tell because:

• warm fronts always move North.

• North is the best direction.

• the bumps on the front are pointing North.

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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

What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?

• Sunny weather
• Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• cold

• stationary

• warm

• occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• cold

• stationary

• occluded

• warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• warm

• cold

• occluded

• stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• stationary

• warm

• cold

• occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere that move from west to east

• Jet Stream

• doldrums

• equator

• polar easterlies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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 rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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