Air Masses and Fronts

What is a front?

• A place where air masses meet
• the front part of a storm
• An area of very high wind
• an area that has fair weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A quickly 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

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front is this?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of weather would you expect to see after a cold front has passed through an area?

• cool and clear skies
• warm and humid
• thunderstorms
• foggy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where would you find a maritime tropical air mass?

• over the ocean, near the equator

• over the ocean, near the poles

• over a continent, near the equator

• over a continent, near the poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of weather is associated with a cold front?

• heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, and snow for short periods of time 
• Steady, light rain or snow can occur for longer periods of time 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A warm, dry air mass would be called...

• continental tropical

• continental polar

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

Tags

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