Unit 8 Vocabulary (L-1, L-3, L-6)

a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar

• air pressure

• air cloud

• air mass

• air ray

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the weather conditions an area over a long period of time

• climate

• biome

• weather

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface

• high pressure

• low pressure

• halfway pressure

• air pressure

at constant pressure and water vapor content, the temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation

• dew point

• dew

• temperature point

• dewpont

The height of an object above sea level

• elevation

• latitude

• longitude

• altitude

The boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the amount of water vapor in the air

• relative humidity

• humidity

• estuary

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere

• prevailing westerlies

• prevailing easterlies

• trade winds

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the distance North or south from the equator: Expressed in degrees

• altitude

• latitude

• longitude

• elevation

the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation at a give temperature

• humidity

• rain

• fog

• relative humidity