Fronts and Air Pressure Systems

When I cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If an air mass is sinking, it must be

• cold and less dense
• cold and more dense
• warm and more dense
• warm and less dense

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a high pressure systems

• there are few clouds because the air in moving downward
• there are many clouds because the air is very humid
• there are few clouds because the air is moving outward
• there are many clouds because the air is moving upward

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low pressure systems are associated with what type of weather?

• Clouds & precipitation

• Fair weather & sunny

• Jet Streams

• Dry Air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

High pressure systems are usually associated with what type of weather?

• Clouds and precipitation

• Fair weather and sunny

• Severe Thunderstorms

• Jet Streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Brings some clouds and gentle rains.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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