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This document is a study guide about fronts and weather systems. It contains questions to test understanding of key terms like air mass, front, high and low pressure systems. It asks students to match definitions to terms, fill in blanks about different fronts and weather patterns, and answer short questions interpreting a weather map and describing weather system causes.

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Study Guide Fronts Key

This document is a study guide about fronts and weather systems. It contains questions to test understanding of key terms like air mass, front, high and low pressure systems. It asks students to match definitions to terms, fill in blanks about different fronts and weather patterns, and answer short questions interpreting a weather map and describing weather system causes.

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Air Name ___________________________________________ Date ________________ Period_______

Study Guide Fronts and Systems


A. Matching match each of the following definitions to the correct term

A. Front

1.

____J____ Air mass that forms over water moist air

2.

____M____ Air mass that forms close to the equator warm air

3.

____D____ Warm and cold air mass meet with the same force

4.

____N____ Large body of air with the same temperature and humidity

5.

____L____ Air mass that forms over land dry air

G. Tornado

6.

____B____ Cold air mass runs into a warm air mass forcing the warm air up

H. High pressure

B. Cold Front
C. Warm Front
D. Stationary Front
E. Thunderstorm
F. Hurricane

I. Low pressure
7.

____C____ Warm air mass runs into a cold air mass and slides over the top

J. Maritime

8.

____K____ Air mass that forms far from the equator cold air

K. Polar

9.

____A____ Boundary between air masses

10. ____H____ System that usually brings clear skies and calm weather

L. Continental
M. Tropical
N. Air Mass

11. ____I____ System that usually brings stormy weather and high winds
12. ____E____ Takes place in a cumulonimbus cloud, includes thunder, lightning, wind, and rain
13. ____F_____ Spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that form over warm ocean waters
14. ____G_____ Violently rotating column of air between a cumulonimbus cloud and the ground
B. Fill in the blank
15. A(n) ______Cold Fronts__________________ front creates heavy rain and thunderstorms.
16. A(n) ______Warm Fronts____________________ front creates light rain and thin clouds.
17. A(n) _______High Pressure System_____________________ brings clear skies and calm weather.
18. A(n) ______Low Pressure System____________________ brings stormy weather and strong winds.

C. Short Answer: Using the map given, answer the following questions.

19. What type of front is moving into Florida? How should the weather change?
Cold Front, The weather will change to thunderstorms and heavy rain

20. What kind of weather system is over Texas? What type of weather should they expect?
High Pressure System, Weather will be clear sky and sunny.

21. What kind of weather system is causing the cloud cover and storms on the east coast?
Low Pressure System

D. Short Answer: Answer each of the following questions completely.


22. Name the four major types of weather fronts and draw the symbol for each.
Warm Fronts
Cold Fronts
Stationary Fronts
Occluded Fronts

23. The weather in Phoenix cooled down this week and there were large thunderstorms with cumulonimbus
clouds. What kind of weather system and what kind of front caused this change?
A low pressure system carrying a cold front caused this change in weather.

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