The word "frontogenesis" on a weather map would mean that
a. a front is in the process of dissipating.
b. one front is about to overtake another front.
c. a front is regenerating or strengthening.
d. severe thunderstorms will form along a front.
e. a front is approaching.
ANSWER: c
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