Intro to Air Fronts

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

An air mass is

• a large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity throughout

• the amount of moisture in the air

• a place where two different air masses meet

• a cold air mass that bumps against a warm air mass

What is humidity?

• cold air

• hot air

• the amount of moisture in the air

• direction of a front

What is a front?

• where warm air mass meets

• measurements to make weather maps

• a large body of air

• a place where two different air masses meet.

What kind of precipitation falls during a cold front?

• thunderstorms or severe weather

• precipitation lasting several days

• strong wind and heavy precipitation

• steady rain

If an air mass forms above land, it will be

• wet

• dry

• cold

• hot

If an air mass forms over an ocean it will be

• wet

• dry

• cold

• warm

What does symbol # 1 mean?

• stationary front

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

What direction is the cold front moving on the map? 

• Southwest

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Northeast