WorksheetsWeather: Types of Fronts
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is severe weather?
Weather that only happens every 100 years
Extreme weather that puts people, animals, or buildings at risk
Light rain in the Spring
Windy days
Which of the following is considered to be severe weather?
Tornadoes
Blizzards
Hurricanes
Floods and Droughts
All of the above
What is a tornado?
Storms with blowing snow, high winds, and cold temperatures
Fast spinning column of air from the sky down to Earth's surface
A storm with heavy wind and rain that forms over ocean waters
What is a blizzard?
Storms with blowing snow, high winds, and cold temperatures
Storms with high winds, heavy rain that form over ocean waters
Fast spinning column of air from the sky down to Earth's surface
What is a hurricane?
Fast spinning column of air from the sky down to Earth's surface
Storms with blowing snow, high winds, and cold temperatures
Storms with high winds, heavy rain that form over ocean waters
Severe weather has a big impact on the biosphere and geosphere.
True
False
How does a drought affect plants and animals?
Droughts do not affect plants and animals
Droughts only affect plants
Causes less habitat for animals, less plants, and less food for other animals
Droughts only affect animals
How does a flood affect the geosphere? Choose all that apply.
Wears down mountains
Floods do not affect the geosphere
Causes mudslides on hills
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.
True
False
What is a front?
the boundary between 2 air masses of different temperatures
the boundary between 2 air masses of same temperatures
Which of the following describes a cold front?
when cold a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
when a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass
when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and they do not move
Which of the following describes a warm front?
when a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and they do not move
when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
when a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass
Which of the following describes a stationary front?
when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
when a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass
when a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and they do not move
I watched the video of Mrs. Ayala going over the chart and watched the Crash Course video before doing this Quizizz. Be honest please!
Yes
No
