Weather Fronts

what type of front brings big storms?

• Occluded

• Stationary

• Cold

• Warm

What type of front brings scattered rain?

• Occluded

• Stationary

• Cold

• Warm

Match the following

• Two cold fronts sandwich a warm front

• Warm Front

• Cold air mass pushes up a warm air mass

• Cold Front

• Two Fronts meet and do not push past each other

• Occluded Front

• Warm air mass squashes a cold air mass to the ground

• Stationary Front

Which type of front is pictured?

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

How are fronts formed?

• When two air masses meet

• when two winds meet

• when two clouds meet

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

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

• stationary front 

•  cold front 

• occluded front

• warm front 

A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

A _____________ weather front occurs two cold air masses meet and push/force the warm air in the middle upwards.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Why does warm air rise above cold air?

• Warm air is less dense

• Warm air is more dense

• Cold air is stronger than warm air