Weather and Climate Vocab

the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place

• front

• climate

• weather

• cumulous clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

average of weather over a long time

• weather

• stratus cloud

• relative humidity

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

amount of water vapor in the air

• humidity

• precipitation

• weather

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the temperature at which water vapor condenses

• relative humidity

• dew point

• precipitaton

• stratus clouds

how the air feels at its temperature at a given time

• relative humidity

• dew point

• condensation

• evaporation

water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• dew point

• clouds

• precipitation

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

form in the troposphere when air in the atmosphere reaches the dew point

• clouds

• air mass

• weather

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout

• humidity

• clouds

• dew point

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

dry air masses that form over continents

• maritime polar

• occluded air mass

• maritime air mass

• continental air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

moist air masses that form over oceans

• continental masses

• maritime masses

• continental polar air mass

• occluded air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6