Cold Fronts

Cold air is ________ and displacing warm air.

• advancing

• retreating

• evaporating

• sinking

A narrow band of ________ usually precedes a cold front.

• heavy rain

• clear skies

• light snow

• dense fog

A narrow band of heavy rain usually ________ a cold front.

• precedes

• follows

• avoids

• ignores

As it rises, warm air rises, expands, cools, and ________.

• condenses

• evaporates

• melts

• freezes

Forming ________ clouds.

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

• nimbus

________ bands and heavy rain.

Warm air is ________ and displacing ________ air.

• advancing, cold

• retreating, warm

• sinking, hot

• stationary, humid

A ________ band of light steady rain precedes a warm front.

• wide

• narrow

• short

• broken

Warm air rises → ________ → cools → ________ forming ________ clouds.

• expands, condenses, cirrus

• contracts, evaporates, cumulus

• expands, evaporates, stratus

• contracts, condenses, nimbus

_____ air is _____ between two _____ air masses.

• warm, trapped, cold

• cold, moving, warm

• dry, rising, moist

• moist, sinking, dry