Cold fronts lesson check 2022

A weather front is

• another name for an air mass

• the boundary between two air masses

• a climate region

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What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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How many different types of fronts are there?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Cold air is more dense than warm air and sinks.

• True

• False

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What kind of weather happens DURING a cold front?

• light wind and humid

• Heavy rain or heavy snow
• Clear skies, temp. warms
• Clear skies, temp. cools

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What kind of weather happens after a cold front moves out?

• Light rain or light snow
• Heavy rain or heavy snow
• Clear skies, temp. warms
• Clear skies, temp. cools

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A _____________ is moving in, so this must be a ____________ front.

• thunderstorm, warm
• bank of high wispy clouds, warm
• tornado, occluded
• thunderstorm, cold

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Colds fronts

• dont last long

• Can be the most violent

• move slow

• increase humidity

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What does NOT happen after a front has passed

• change in temp

• change in length of day

• change in humidity

• change in wind

• change in cloud cover

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A line of thunderstorms is called

• a squall line

• a storm front

• a temperature inversion

• a supercell

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