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Weather Fronts Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 3hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this Country!? (red dot)

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Ecuador

d)

Bolivia

2.

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

a)

expands, condenses, cirrus

b)

contracts, evaporates, cumulus

c)

expands, evaporates, stratus

d)

contracts, condenses, nimbus

3.

Which of the following symbols is used to represent a stationary front?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

When a stationary front occurs, warm and cold air masses meet and ____________.

a)

both rise up high into the atmosphere

b)

push back and forth causing them to move very little

c)

are equally strong and don't move a single centimeter

d)

the cold air mass immediately pushes the warm air out

5.

A front is...

a)

a boundary between two different air masses at the Earth's surface

b)

where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

c)


where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

d)

a bubble of air that humans cannot enter

6.

Which type of front is pictured?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

7.

What symbol is pictured?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

8.

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

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

9.

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

a)

Occluded Front

b)

Stationary Front

c)

Cold Front

d)

Warm Front

10.

Why does warm air rise above cold air?

a)

Warm air is LESS dense than cold air

b)

Warm Air is MORE dense than cold air

c)

Warm air is stronger than cold air

d)

Warm air is faster than cold air

11.

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

a)

Thunderstorms

b)

Clear Skies

c)

Gentle Rain

d)

No Weather

12.

Which type of front involves 3 different types of air masses?

a)

Occluded Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Cold Front

13.

Which type of front is shown in the picture?

a)

Stationary Front

b)

Occluded Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Cold Front

14.
When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ______. 
a)
stationary front 
b)
 cold front 
c)
occluded front
d)
warm front 
15.

Which type of front is pictured?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Occluded Front

d)

Stationary Front

e)

Combination Front

16.

Which type of weather front can produce precipitation (rain or snow)?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Occluded Front

d)

Stationary Front

e)

All of the above