ESS2.6: Weather Fronts and Conditions

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of front is pictured?

• Cold front
• Warm front
• Occluded front
• Stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What symbol is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How are fronts formed?

• When two air masses meet
• when two winds meet
• when two clouds meet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ______. 

• stationary front 
•  cold front 
• occluded front
• warm front 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A _____________ weather front occurs two cold air masses meet and push/force the warm air in the middle upwards.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5