Weather Fronts Quiz

What type of front is over Texas?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a front?

• boundary where two different air masses meet

• the top of two cloud masses

• the location of extreme high pressure

• conditions in the atmosphere which form a cyclone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of storm front is this? 

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

• snow  
• sunny and fair
• rain and/or thunderstorms 
•  cool and dry 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ______. 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front moved through if the weather was stormy for a short time, then afterwards the temperature dropped and it got cooler?

• warm front

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front moved through if the weather was partly cloudy, a light rain fell, and afterwards it got warmer?

• warm front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following symbols represents a cold front?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following symbols represents a warm front?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following symbols represents an occluded front?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6