Weather Fronts and Air Mass

Rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front

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

What type of storm front is this? 

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

The symbol on a weather map for a cold front is what?

• a blue line with triangles on it

• a blue line with semi-circles on it

• a red line with triangles on it

• a red line with circles on it

This is the symbol for a(n) _______________

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

The symbol on a weather map for a warm front is what?

• a blue line with triangles on it

• a blue line with circles on it

• a red line with semi-circles on it

• a red line with circles on it

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

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

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 

What type of storm front if this?

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front