Weather Fronts

A weather front is

• another name for an air mass

• the boundary between two air masses

• a climate region

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather fronts usually cause clouds and precipitation

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The direction of the symbol indicates the

• strength of the front

• type of front

• direction of air movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front can cause multiple days of rain in an area?

• Warm

• Cold

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front causes thunderstorms in the summer?

• Warm

• Cold

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold air is more dense than warm air and sinks.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5