Air Masses and Fronts

When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this? 

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of storm front is this?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink

• cold
• warm
• moist
• dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which is more dense?

• Cold Air
• Hot Air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold front runs into a mass of warm air. Where will the cold front go?

• It will stay low to the ground and push the warm air upward.
• It will float over the warm air and shove the warm air below it.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As warm moist air is shoved upward into the cool atmosphere. What happens?

• The warm moist air condenses into clouds and then those clouds produce rain.
• The warm moist air mixes with the cold air and dissipates.
• The warm moist air is splits apart. Leaving the moisture down below and the warmth rising upward. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of front is most likely to produce high clouds and heavy thunderstorms?

• Warm front
• Cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6