Download Weather Fronts Quiz

Weather Fronts Quiz
1) A front is where two air masses
a) Meet
b) Diverge
c) Slide past each other
d) All of these
2) The two air masses at a front
a) Have the same density so they stay in their places.
b) Have different densities so the less dense one goes up over the denser one.
c) Have the same density so they mix.
d) Have different densities so they stay in their places.
3) A stationary front will
a) Remain in place until another front pushes it out of the way.
b) Decrease in density and move by rising over a barrier.
c) Break apart after several days.
d) Remain in place until its barrier erodes away.
4) In a stationary front, winds blow parallel to the front but in opposite directions.
a) True
b) False
5) This may form along a cold front, if the humidity is high enough.
a) A thunderstorm line
1 b) A storm line
c) A frontal line
d) A squall line
6) If a cold front occurred in the spring, this type of weather would occur.
a) Thunderstorms
b) Strong rain
c) Snow
d) Strong winds
7) A warm front is when
a) A cold air mass slides over a warm air mass
b) A warm air mass slides over a cold air mass
c) Two warm air masses meet
d) Two cold air masses meet
8) A warm front in winter could lead to this weather
a) Strong winds and thunderstorms with heavy snows.
b) Warm air and rain give way to cold air with heavy snow with nimbostratus clouds and
fog.
c) Warm air with intense pouring rain.
d) Cold air and snow give way to warmer sleet and freezing rain with stratus clouds and
fog.
2 9) An occluded front has cold, warm and then cold fronts back to back.
a) True
b) False
10) An occluded front has mild weather because there is mixing between the
different air masses.
a) True
b) False
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