7.3: Fronts

Question 1

One of the most easily recognized discontinuities across a front is

A. a change in temperature.
B. an increase in cloud coverage.
C. an increase in relative humidity.

Answer 1

a change in temperature.

Question 2

One weather phenomenon which will always occur when flying across a front is a change in the

A. wind direction.
B. type of precipitation.
C. stability of the air mass.

Answer 2

wind direction.

Question 3

The boundary between two different air masses is referred to as a

A. frontolysis.
B. frontogenesis.
C. front.

Answer 3

front.