weather vocab

Violent storms that form when large amounts of ocean water evaporate leaving an area of low pressure underneath the warm, rising air.

• fronts

• jet stream

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A body of air extending over a large area that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity.

• hurricanes

• fronts

• air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The leading edge of air mass is the boundary between tow air masses.

• air mass

• convection

• front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences.

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere. The winds blow from west to east.

• ocean currents

• air mass

• jet stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The blanket of air that surrounds Earth.

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Atmosphere

• Water vapor

When a liquid water changes to water vapor.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, or sleet.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

clouds that bring strong storms, usually anvil shaped

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus