Weather Factors (MS-ESS2-5)

What is a Meteorologist?

• Scientist who studies rocks

• Scientist who studies diseases

• Scientist who studies the causes of weather

• Scientist who studies the rocks of the earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Humidity

• Amount of moisture in the air

• Weather that is dangerous

• Study of Earth's weather

• Form of water that falls from the clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Instrument used for measuring air pressure

• thermometer

• anemometer

• pyschrometer

• barometer

Instruments used to measure wind

• psychrometer, hygrometer

• wind vane, hygrometer

• thermometer, anemometer

• anemometer, wind vane

Air Pressure

• Force that is a result of a column of air pushing down on you

• Study of Earth's weather

• Amount of moisture in the air

• The amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Thermometer

• Instrument used to measure humidity

• Instrument used to measure precipitation

• Instrument used to measure wind

• Instrument used to measure temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Horizontal movement of air that moves from high air pressure to low air pressure

• air pressure

• wind

• temperature

• forecast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Meteorology

• The scientific study of life

• The scientific study of plants

• The scientific study of Earth's weather

• The scientific study of Earth's water cycles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place

• astronomy

• temperature

• clouds

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance

• thermometer

• temperature

• clouds

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5