Weather Fronts

What is a tornado?

• a violently rotating column of air

• a rotating tropical storm

• a winter storm characterized by high winds and snow

• a storm that occurs in cumulonimbus clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How does the Fujita scale measure a tornado's intensity?

• by analyzing the damage the tornado has done & matching that to wind speeds

• by only looking at the wind speed

• by looking at the number of buildings the tornado destroys

• by analyzing the wind speeds and width of the tornado

Do the center of hurricanes have high or low pressure?

• high

• low

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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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

What type of front can cause multiple days of rain in an area?

• Warm

• Cold

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold air is more dense than warm air and sinks.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5