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What type of front brings about thunder and tornadoes?
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Stationary front
d) Occluded front

What is a weather FRONT?
a) Place where thunder and lightning are.
b) The gases that surround Earth
c) A large body of air with similar moisture and temperature
d) Boundary between 2 air masses

What type of weather does a WARM front bring about?
a) Storms and tornadoes
b) Long periods of precipitation
c) Gentle rain and mild weather
d) Strong winds

When warm air gets trapped between 2 cold air masses, this is called a...
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Stationary front
d) Occluded front

When two air masses meet and DO NOT MOVE for a long time, bringing about long periods of precipitation, this is called a....
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Stationary front
d) Occluded front

This type of front is represented by blue triangles
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Stationary front
d) Occluded front

This type of front is represented by red half circles
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Stationary front
d) Occluded front

In this type of front, the symbols show triangles pointing one way and half circles pointing the OTHER way
a) Cold front
b) Stationary front
c) Warm front
d) Occluded front

What happens when two air masses meet? The warm air will....
a) rise up over the cold air
b) go through the cold air
c) go below the cold air
d) explode

What type of pressure system represents GOOD weather?
a) High pressure
b) Low pressure
c) No pressure
d) Stationary pressure

What happens when two air masses meet? The cold air will....
a) rise up over the warm air
b) go through the warm air
c) go below the warm air
d) explode

What type of weather will an Occluded front bring?
a) Showers or cloudy skies
b) Sunshine
c) Thunderstorms or tornandoes
d) Gentle rain and mild weather

What type of pressure system represents BAD weather?
a) High pressure
b) Low pressure
c) Stationary pressure
d) No pressure

What causes wind?
a) Air moving from low pressure to high pressure
b) Air not moving
c) Air caught at a stationary front
d) Air moving from high pressure to low pressure

What type of front results in a cold air mass pushing a warm air mass upward?
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Occluded front
d) Stationary front

What type of front results in a warm air mass replacing a cold air mass?
a) Cold front
b) Warm front
c) Occluded front
d) Stationary front

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