Review - Fronts

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following happens at a cold front?

• warm air pushes under cold air causing clouds and precipitation

• warm air pushes under cold air causing no clouds or precipitation

• cold air pushes under the warm air, causing the warm air to rise, with rain and thunderstorms

• cold air pushes over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the symbol on a weather map for a cold front?

• a blue line with triangles on it

• a brown line with semi-circles on it

• a line with squares on it
• a red line with circles on it

Air masses are different in many ways. Which of these is NOT different?

• moisture contents 
• ratio of oxygen/nitrogen  
•  atmospheric pressure
•  temperature  

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the symbol for which type of front?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of storm front is this? 

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does symbol # 3 mean?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is pictured?

• Cold front
• Warm front
• Occluded front
• Stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5