8th Grade - Q3 Study Guide

Front has a boundary that forms as a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass

• warm front

• cold front

• occluded front

• stationary front

The accuracy of weather predictions_______ as you get farther in the future.

• stays the same

• moves

• increases

• decreases

Warm fronts generally bring ________ if the warm air mass is humid.

• dry air

• drizzly rain
• cold air

• heavy thunderstorms

As fronts move over Earth’s surface, they cause changes in

• heat and ice

• temperature and precipitation
• wind speed and humidity

• air masses and fronts

Humidity affects how ______ you feel.

• rainy or snowy

• full or hungry

• awake or tired

• warm or cool

Fronts commonly form as air masses and rotate around what?

• A. High-pressure areas

• B. circle

• C. low-pressure areas

• D. a front

Weather models are designed to show how elements of weather affect each other

• over time
• once a day

• during the night

• in the morning

Front that forms when a cold front moves toward and takes over a warm front?

• occluded front

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

The temperature of air is related to the kinetic energy of .

• air particles
• cold particles

• warm particles

• mixed particles

In an occluded front, a warm air mass is and separated from the ground.

• pushed down
• pushed up

• stable

• unstable