Weather Practice

A map or chart that shows the weather conditions at a specific point in time over a specific region

• Climate Map

• Weather Map

• Political Map

• Physical Map

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Something that orbits around another object, including a moon orbiting a planet, or a man-made object orbiting Earth

• Space Shuttle

• Weather balloon

• Satellite

• Radar

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A system for bouncing electromagnetic waves off of objects to locate them; used to track weather patterns

• Weather

• Barometric Pressure

• Electromagnetic Radiation

• Radar

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The force exerted by the atmosphere on Earth's surface by the weight of the air above the surface

• Air Pressure

• Air Mass

• Cold Front

• Air Temperature

A tool that measures the amount of rainfall

• Rain Gauge

• Barometer

• Weather Vane

• Anemometer

A large, tropical weather system consisting of an extremely low pressure air mass with heavy rains and wind speeds of at least 119 km/h

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Measured by anemometers; helps predict changes in weather patterns

• Air pressure

• Air temperature

• Wind direction

• Wind speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Amount of water vapor or moisture content in air

• Clouds

• Humidity

• Air temperature

• Air pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A measurement of the heat energy contained in the air in a certain location; helps predict weather patterns

• Air temperature

• Air pressure

• Air mass

• Atmospheric movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The day-to-day state of the atmosphere

• climate

• weather

• humidity

• atmospheric movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5