Front Internet Activity - GoOpenNC
Name: _______________________________
| Fronts Internet Activity |  |
Directions:
| Navigate to each website to find the answers to the questions under each site. Record your answers on your copy of the document. Site 1: Front Illustrations 1. Click on the “Cold Front.” What happens in the illustration? 2. Click on the “Warm Front.” What happens in the illustration? 3. In both the cold and warm front, warm air rises and cold air stays near Earth’s surface. How are they different? Site 2: Cold Fronts 4. What is a cold front and in what direction does one typically move? 5. How are cold fronts represented on a weather map? 6. From the chart at the bottom of the page, what happens to the wind as a cold front passes through? What about the precipitation? What about temperature? Site 3: Warm Fronts 7. What is a warm front and in what direction does one typically move? 8. How are warm fronts represented on a weather map? 9. From the chart at the bottom of the page, when a warm front passes through an area, what happens to the temperature and precipitation levels in that area? Site 4: Stationary Fronts 10. What is a stationary front and what type of weather does one typically bring? How long can it stay in an area? 11. What is the weather map symbol for a stationary front? Site 5: Occluded Fronts 12. How does an occluded front form? 13. What is the weather map symbol for an occluded front? Site 6: Review Quiz 14. Go to Site 6 and answer all 15 questions. When you finish, write down your score as a percentage. Score: |
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/cfrnt/def.rxml
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/wfrnt/def.rxml
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wsfront/wsfront.htm
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/ofdef.rxml