Wind/Air Mass Vocab

Front

Movement of air parallel to Earth's surface

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Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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Instrument measuring wind speed.

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Anemometer

Front

Winds that blow over short distances

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Local Winds

Front

Winds blowing steadily from specific directions over long distances.

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Global Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

A large body of air with uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure at a given height.

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Air Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

Tropical, Polar, Maritime, and Continental are types of what?

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Air Masses

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Bands of high-speed winds ~10 km above Earth's surface.

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Jet Streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Boundary where air masses meet

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Drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

Swirling center of low pressure.

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Cyclone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

High pressure centers of dry air.

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Anticyclones