Warm Front

Produces light rain for many days

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm weather stays behind

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Tropical Mass is Moving

Polar Mass is Still

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sort These Descriptions into the Correct Front

Groups:

(a) Warm Front

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(b) Cold Front

• Heavy rain for a few hours

• Light rain for many days

• Warm weather stays behind

• Moving Polar Air Mass

• Moving Tropical Air Mass

• Still Tropical Air Mass

• Still Polar Air Mass

• Cold weather stays behind

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of weather happens during a warm front?

• Light rain or light snow

• Heavy rain or heavy snow

• Clear skies, temp. warms

• Clear skies, temp. cools

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather happens after a warm front moves out?

• Light rain or light snow

• Heavy rain or heavy snow

• Clear skies, temp. warms

• Clear skies, temp. cools

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of front is here?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a warm front?

• A boundary where warm air replaces cold air

• A boundary where cold air replaces warm air

• A stationary boundary between two air masses

• A boundary where two cold air masses meet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following weather patterns is typically associated with a warm front?

• Heavy thunderstorms

• Clear skies and cold temperatures

• Light rain or drizzle

• Snowstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5