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Weather Review-Front
Fronts- Don't forget to hit the "targets" app to practice fronts symbols
Question | Answer |
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A front where cold air moves in quickly pushing a warm air mass up quickly often resulting in a cumulonimbus cloud | Cold Front |
A front where warm air gradually rises over a cold air mass often resulting in stratus clouds | Warm Front |
A front where a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet but neither moves very much often resulting in days to weeks of rain | Stationary Fronts |
A front where two cold air masses trap a warm air mass above the ground | Occluded Front |
This type of front often brings brief thunderstorms and cooler weather after it passes | Cold Front |
This type of front can bring hours to days of precipitation and warmer weather after it passes | Warm Front |
This type of front can bring days to weeks of precipitation | Stationary Front |
a pressure system that signals fair weather and sunny. clear skies | High Pressure |
a pressure system that signals cloudy skies and possible precipitation | Low Pressure |
cold air sinking | High Pressure |
warm air rising | Low Pressure |