Diagrams of the four fronts:
X: Cold Front
B: Warm Front
Cold Air
Cold Air
Warm Air
Warm Air
F: Occluded Front
J: Stationary Front
Warm Air
Cold Air
Cool Air
Cold Air
Description of each front:
A.
E.
I.
M.
A mass of cold air meets and pushes under a mass of warm air.
A mass of warm air passes over a mass of cold air.
As the warm air mass is pushed upward, the cold air mass meets the cool air mass.
A warm air mass meets a cold air mass and no movement occurs.
Weather Results:
Q.
U.
Y.
C.
Violent storms followed by fair, cool weather.
Rain and showers followed by hot, humid weather.
Light precipitation.
Cloudy, wet weather for many days.
Meteorological Symbols:
O.
K.
G.
S.
Warm Air
Weather Wheel Activity
Directions: Read pages 72-77 in your Weather and Climate textbook and review your notes. Using this information and
the directions below, create a weather wheel about the four types of fronts. You can use the weather wheel as a study tool
for the weather test. Your teacher will show you an example of a completed weather wheel.
Follow these directions to create your weather wheel:
1. Cut out the four-wheel patterns.
2. At the top of each section on circle 1, write the term for each front and its matching letter. Refer to the
next page for the names and diagrams of the four fronts. Sketch an illustration for each front. Be sure to
go in a clockwise direction and put the name and illustration at the outside edge of the circle. Be sure
to label warm and cold/cool air on your illustration. Write/draw small.
3. At the top of each section on circle 2, write the front description and its matching letter. Refer to the
next page for the front description and matching letters. Write small.
4. At the top of each section on circle 3, write the weather result and its matching letter. Refer to the next
page for the weather result and matching letters. Write small.
5. At the top of each section on circle 4, write the meteorological symbol and its matching letter. Refer to
the next page for the meteorological symbol and matching letters.
6. Color each wheel as desired. Be sure to color lightly so that you can still see what is written and drawn
on the wheels.
7. Layer the circles one on top of the other. Circle 1 will be on the bottom, circle 2 on top of circle 1,
circle 3 on top of circle 2, and circle 4 will be on the very top. Connect the circles with a brass fastener.
Your teacher will give you the brass fastener. Be sure the fastener is placed in the middle of the 4th
circle, so it spins properly.
8. On the back of the weather wheel, copy each answer code behind its matching front. For example:
Cold Front: X,A,Q,O
9. Write your name on the back of the weather wheel. Your teacher will check your weather wheel for
credit.