Warm vs Cold Air

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does the air in this type of front move?

• Warm air slowly moves over cold air

• Warm air slowly moves under cold air.

• Cold air moves over warm air.

• Warm air meets cold air and cannot move

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold

• Warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What direction is the cold front moving on the map?

• Southwest (towards the bottom left corner)

• Northwest (towards the top left corner)

• Southeast (towards the bottom right corner)

• Northeast (towards the top right corner)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What direction is the warm front moving on the map?

• North (towards the top)

• South (towards the bottom)

• East (towards the right)

• West (towards the left)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

• a boundary where hot and cold air are separating

• a boundary where two different air masses meet

• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front would form when an air mass with a temperature of 89˚ F moved towards and air mass with a temperature of 65˚ F?

• cold front

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which air mass is more dense?

• a cold air mass

• a warm air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?

• snow  
• sunny and fair
• heavy rain and/or thunderstorms 
•  cool and dry 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

It has been overcast and lightly raining for DAYS. On the news you hear that tomorrow the rain is supposed to stop and temperatures will be a little warmer. What type of front are we experiencing?

• warm front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5