Draw Side Views of a Typical Warm and Cold Front

question 48

Essay

Draw side views of a typical warm and cold front. Clearly indicate the temperatures of the separate air masses and show their directions of motion. What types of clouds would likely occur and where? Where would precipitation occur?

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Definitions:

Magmas

Molten rock beneath or within the Earth's crust, from which igneous rocks are formed.

Ocean-Continent Convergence

A type of plate boundary where a continental plate and oceanic plate collide, often resulting in volcanic activity and mountain building.

Fold and Thrust Belt

A series of mountainous folds and thrust faults created by the compression of the earth's crust.

Foreland Basin

A structural basin that forms adjacent to mountain ranges, resulting from the earth's crust flexing downward due to the weight of overlying mountains.