Air Mass Fronts

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary 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 rapidly moves up when meeting cold air

• Warm air is trapped between two colder air masses

• Warm air meets cold air and cannot move

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of weather does this front bring?

• Cloudiness and light precipitation; warm and mild weather follows

• Thunderstorms can occur; cool, fair weather follows

• Many days of clouds and precipitation

• Temperature drops; strong winds and heavy precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How does a cold front typically move in relation to a warm front?

• Faster, causing the warm air to rise sharply

• Slower, allowing warm air to gently lift

• In the same direction and speed as warm fronts

• In the opposite direction, causing a clash

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the effect of a warm air mass meeting a cold air mass?

• The formation of a warm front

• The formation of a cold front

• The formation of a stationary front

• The formation of an occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sort the information to the correct type of air mass

• dry and warm

• dry and cold

• wet and warm

• wet and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of weather does this front bring?

• Cloudiness and light precipitation; warm and mild weather follows

• Thunderstorms can occur; cool, fair weather follows

• Many days of clouds and precipitation

• Temperature drops; strong winds and heavy precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is displayed?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What direction is the warm front moving on the map? 

• North

• South

• East

• West

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5