Fronts

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

Cold dense air slides underneath warm air. The warm air is forced up, cools, and condenses.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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

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

If an air mass is rising, it must be

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When two air masses meet, what happens?

• The weather changes and precipitation usually occurs.
• wind
• water
• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front
• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• occluded front
• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5