Unit 7 Vocabulary Test_2019

an area where two air masses with different temperatures and pressures meet

• Weather front

• Anemometer

• Coriolis effect

• Prevailing winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Air mass

• Jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a measure of the weight of the atmosphere on a given area of the surface of the Earth; barometric pressure

• Anemometer

• Air Pressure

• Coriolis effect

• Humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

an instrument used to measure wind speed

• anemometer

• psychrometer

• barameter

• spectrometer

an envelope of mixed gases are held to the Earth by gravity; the most dense gases are near the surface of the Earth

• Hydrosphere

• Coriolis effect

• Atmosphere

• Exosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

when temperature differences cause fluids to expand and move; the less dense areas continually rise, and the more dense areas continually sink creating a cyclical current

• Air mass

• Air pressure

• Convection current

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the effect of the Earth’s rotation on the path of air and water; causes the path to curve

• Air mass

• Air pressure

• Convection current

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

currents flowing far beneath the surface of the ocean; driven by density differences

• Air mass

• Deep ocean currents

• Atmosphere

• Prevailing winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

period during which surface waters in the Pacific are unusually warm; impacts temperature and rainfall in the U.S.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Coriolis effect

• Deep ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

periods during which surface waters in the Pacific are unusually cool; impacts temperature and rainfall in the U.S.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Coriolis effect

• Deep ocean currents