Weather Vocab

Front

A body of air with uniform temperature and/or humidity.

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air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

Force on a surface from air weight

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air pressure

Front

Layer of air surrounding Earth

Back

the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Changing gas to liquid

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Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

Imaginary line around the earth's middle

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the equator

Front

Liquid to gas (water to vapor)

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Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

Narrow band of air flowing west to east at high speeds

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the jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Whirling mass of cool, dry air that brings fair weather and light winds.

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high-pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

Measure of water vapor in air

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humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

A whirling mass of warm, moist air that brings stormy weather with strong winds.

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low-pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5