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Title

Cold front

Description

cool air moves under warm air & pushes it up weather: thunderstorms, rain, and snow

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Subject

Science

Level

6th Grade

Created

09/17/2014

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Term

Cold Front

Definition

Cool air moves under warm air & pushes it up

Weather: thunderstorms, rain, and snow

Term

Warm Front

Definition

Warm air moves over cold air & replaces it

Weather: drizzly rain, follwed by clear weather.

Term

Occluded Front

Definition

Warm air is trapped between 2 cold air masses, cold air pushes warm air up

Weather: cool temp. With large amounts of rain or snow

Term

Stationary Front

Definition

Cool air meets warm air, neither moves

Weather: cloudy wet weather