Exploring Types of Weather Fronts

The video explains four types of weather fronts: cold, warm, occluded, and stationary. Cold fronts occur when cold air pushes under warm air, leading to thunderstorms and cooler weather. Warm fronts form when warm air moves over cold air, bringing drizzle and clear weather. Occluded fronts happen when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses, resulting in rain and snow. Stationary fronts occur when neither air mass is strong enough to move the other, causing prolonged cloudy and wet weather.

What is the term used for the area where two different air masses meet?

• Front

• Edge

• Boundary

• Intersection

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Which type of front is formed when cold air moves under warm air?

• Stationary front

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

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What kind of weather is typically associated with a cold front?

• Clear skies

• Thunderstorms and heavy rain

• Light drizzle

• Foggy conditions

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What symbol is used to represent a cold front on a weather map?

• A dashed line

• A line with both triangles and semicircles

• A line with semicircles

• A line with triangles

In a warm front, what happens to the warm air?

• It stays stationary

• It moves over the cold air

• It moves under the cold air

• It mixes with the cold air

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What type of weather usually follows a warm front?

• Foggy weather

• Stormy weather

• Clear and warm weather

• Snowy weather

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What is an occluded front?

• When warm air moves over cold air

• When two air masses do not move

• When warm air is caught between two colder air masses

• When cold air moves under warm air

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What kind of weather is associated with an occluded front?

• Hot and dry conditions

• Light drizzle

• Clear skies

• Cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow

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What happens in a stationary front?

• Cold air moves under warm air

• Warm air is caught between two cold air masses

• Warm air moves over cold air

• Two air masses meet but do not move

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What type of weather is often brought by a stationary front?

• Days of cloudy and wet weather

• Clear and sunny

• Snowy and cold

• Hot and dry

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