L4-L5 Fronts and Severe Weather

When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing ____.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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A(n) ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

• air mass

• cloud

• tornado

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ____.

• front

• storm

• climate

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When severe weather conditions already exist, a(n) ____ is issued

• warning

• advisory

• watch

• station model

Precipitation and storms occur ____.

• in high-pressure systems

• in polar zones

• in low-pressure systems

• at fronts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A ____ studies and forecasts the weather using data gathered from many sources.

• meteorologist

• geologist

• station model

• biologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The interaction of air, water, and ____ causes weather.

• the Sun

• humidity

• land

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Violent storms generally form along ____.

• occluded fronts

• cold fronts

• warm fronts

• stationary fronts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather fronts usually cause clouds and precipitation

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5