Fronts

Identify the front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As a warm front passes through an area, what is the weather like?

• Bright and sunny and then colder than it was before

• Cloudy or rainy and then warmer than it was before

• Clear skies and then warmer than it was before

• Cloudy or rainy and then colder than it was before

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a stationary front is in an area, what can you expect the weather to be?

• Beautiful bright sunny skies for several days in a row

• Much warmer than the weather had been before

• Much colder than the weather had been before

• Cloudy or rainy for several days in a row

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Select the correct front for each definition:

when two cold air masses come together on either side of a warmer mass of air, pushing the warm air up

• occluded front

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Select the correct front for each definition:

when a warm air mass moves over and pushes out a colder air mass

• occluded front

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Identify the front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Identify the front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cold front just reached the area of Idaho that is marked with a star. Which numbered point will the cold front MOST likely reach next?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which type of front is pictured?

• Cold front

• Warm front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How are fronts formed?

• When two air masses meet

• when two winds meet

• when two clouds meet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5