Weather Fronts and Climate

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fronts are frequently associated with and often mark a significant change in the weather. What type of weather are they associated with?

(a)  

• Clouds and precipitation

• Clear skies and sunshine

• Monsoons

• Tsunami

• High UV index and wind chill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

​ (a)   fronts usually move more slowly than cold fronts do.

 

• warm

• cold

• hot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Label the cold and warm front on the weather map.

a

b

warm front

cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A weather front is

• another name for an air mass

• the boundary between two air masses

• a climate region

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather fronts usually cause clouds and precipitation

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The direction of the symbol indicates the

• strength of the front

• type of front

• direction of air movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6