Weather Patterns Vocabulary Quiz

Air Parcel

• Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

• An amount of air that moves as a unit.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air Pressure

• The Force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth.

• When something becomes different over times.

• One thing that contributes to causing an event.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Atmosphere

• An amount of air that moves as a unit.

• Scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery.

• The mixture of gases surrounding a planet.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Change

• Liquid water droplets suspended into air.

• When something becomes different over time.

• One thing that contributes to causing an event.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Cloud

• Liquid water droplets suspended in the air.

• The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

• When something becomes different over time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Condensation

• One thing that contributes to causing an event.

• The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.

• A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Energy

• The mixture of gases surrounding the planet.

• One thing tha contributes to causing an event.

• The ability to make things move or change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Evaporation

• The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

• The scientific study of weather.

• When something becomes different over time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Humidity

• One thing that contributes to causing an event.

• Liquid water droplets suspended in the air.

• A measure of how much water vapro is in the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Meteorology

• The ability to make things move or change.

• Scientific methods used to reconstruct and understand a mystery in the weather.

• The scientific study of weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6