G5A Atmosphere and Weather

Measures atmospheric pressure

• weather vane

• barometer

• anemometer

• windsock

The amount of water vapor in the air

• weather

• air pressure

• insolation

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The condition of the troposphere at a particular time and place

• humidity

• insolation

• weather

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An instrument that shows which way the wind is blowing

• weather vane

• barometer

• thermometer

• compass

The solar energy that reaches a planet

• insolation

• insulation

• germination

• gestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it

• air pressure

• weather

• humidity

• high pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties

• air pressure

• air mass

• air property

• air conditioner

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

They layer of gases closest to Earth's surface

• troposphere

• gammasphere

• hemisphere

• Hey, come here!

An instrument that measures wind speed, using rotating cups

• weather vane

• windsock

• rotating-cup-meter-thing

• anemometer

A large open-ended tube of cloth attached to a pole. Used to show which way the wind is blowing

• windsock

• windshoe

• windglove

• windscarf