Science & Life Skills

Learn how cold and warm air masses create different types of weather patterns and storms.

We learned that cold fronts happen when cold air moves under warm air like a wedge, pushing it upward and creating clouds and rain.

We learned that warm fronts happen when warm air pushes cold air away and rises over it, creating milder, more spread out rainstorms.

We learned that weather maps show cold fronts with blue teeth and warm fronts with red half moons, both pointing in the direction the air is moving.

Cold Fronts and Warm Fronts