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Language Exercises

I. NEW TERMINOLOGY: Oral Exercises

1. Select words from the list below to complete the following sentences. Some of the words
may be used more than once, and you may have to make the word plural or change the
tense. Do not try to write the words in the spaces.

Frontal stationary front shift
Boundary warm front cross section

Front cold front drizzle

wedge
a. A ___________________________of cold air extends under the warm. front.

b. A front is really the ____________________________ between two air masses that have
different characteristics.
c. The wind was blowing from the north but it just ________________________ to the east.

d. If the adjective for center is central, the adjective for________________________________

is_______________________________.
e. The zone where one air mass is in contact with a different air mass is called a

_______________ zone.

f. A ____________________ occurs when warm air is replaced by cold air.
g. This precipitation isn't heavy enough to be called a rai is more like a_____________________.

h. It is more useful to show fronts with a______________________________ picture.

i. When warm air replaces cold air, we say that a___________________________ has come in.
j. A _____________________ occurs when neither air mass moves forward.

k. You can expect a wind ____________________________ when you cross a

_________________ zone, or when a front moves through the area.

l. In a __________________________picture of a warm front, the cold air has a characteristic
_____________________ shape.

m. Warm fronts often produce fog, rain, and ___________________________ over large areas.

n. In general, a fast-moving front is usually a ___________________ .
o. The _______________zone of a ____________________ stays in one area for a number

of days.