Download Warm and Cold Front Diagrams and Questions

Warm, Cold, and Occluded Front Diagrams and Questions
Name ___________________________
Divide the space below into three sections and draw diagrams of a warm front, cold front, and occluded front. Use the diagrams and text on pages 563,
564, 565 and 587 of your textbook to help you. Then answer the questions on the back.
On your diagrams you should:
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Label each one as a warm front, cold front, or occluded front.
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Draw an arrow showing the direction that the front is moving and label it.
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Label the warm air mass and label the cold air mass (and cool air mass for the occluded front).
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Draw a line at the boundary between the warm air and cold air. Make sure it is sloping the correct way.
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Draw an arrow showing where air is rising and label it “rising air”.
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Draw clouds and rain where it would form.
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Color the diagrams and be VERY NEAT!
FRONT QUESTIONS:
1) In meteorology, what is the definition of a front?
2) Draw the symbol for a warm front. What color(s) is it on a weather map?
3) Draw the symbol for a cold front. What color(s) is it on a weather map?
4) Draw the symbol for an occluded front. What color(s) is it on a weather map?
5) Draw the symbol for a stationary front. What color(s) is it on a weather map?
6) What happens to the temperature when a warm front passes by?
7) What happens to the temperature when a cold front passes by?
8) Describe how the air moves when a warm air mass and cold air mass meet.
9) Explain how the movement of air at a weather front causes rain and clouds to develop.
10) What would be typical weather when a warm front is passing by?
a. violent storms that end quickly
c. light rain showers that end quickly
b. violent storms that last a long time
d. steady rain showers that last a long time
11) What would be typical weather when a cold front is passing by?
a. violent storms that end quickly
c. light rain showers that end quickly
b. violent storms that last a long time
d. steady rain showers that last a long time
12) Which kind of front moves the quickest?
a. warm front
b. cold front
c. occluded front
d. stationary front
13) Based on what you know about the weather at warm fronts and cold fronts, why do you think a triangle was chosen
to be on cold front symbols and a rounded half-circle was chosen to be on warm front symbols? How does the shape
of each symbol compare to the weather that each front brings? There isn’t necessarily just one correct answer.
14) What does the term “front” mean on a battlefield?
15) Describe how a battlefield front is similar to a weather front.