Weather and Climate Vocabulary

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation.

• evidence

• data

• pattern

• claim

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A scientist who studies and predicts weather.

• Engineer

• Biologist

• Meteorologist

• Botonist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Severe weather or another natural event that can cause damage.

• natural hazard

• climate

• weather

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Information that supports an answer to a question.

• evaluate

• pattern

• evidence

• claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

• seasons

• lemonade

• pattern

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The use of evidence to say why one idea is best.

• evidence

• argument

• pattern

• graph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

To make a picture in your mind using information from different sources.

• visualize

• evaluate

• claim

• measure

Times of year when certain kinds of weather are common temperature.

• weather

• precipitation

• seasons

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• evidence

• pattern

• argument

• graph

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

To use a tool to find out information such as how heavy, how big, how fast, how hot or cold something is.

• graph

• data

• measure

• claim

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4