Weather Fronts, Air Masses, and Station Models

Type of front formed when a WARM air mass pushes a COLD air mass, forcing the warm air to slide over the cold air

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of Front is represented

• Occluded Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Tags

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

Type of front formed when two air masses push against

each other but neither move.

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following represents a Continental (cT) Air mass

• Cold and Dry

• Cold and humid

• Warm and Humid

• Warm and Dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following describes a maritime polar (mP) air mass?

• Warm and Humid

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Humid

• Cold and Dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Type of weather associated with a maritime tropical

• Warm and Humid

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Humid

• Cold and Dry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air masses that are very cold and originate in the

very cold land-locked regions

• Continental Polar

• Arctic

• Maritime Polar

• Continental Tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which station model shows and air pressure of 1003.4 mb

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which station is show the current weather as

light snow

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5