Weather Variables

Large bodies of air with distinct temperature and moisture characteristics

• Air Mass

• Land Mass

• Thunderstorm

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The atmospheric conditions, along with short-term

changes, of a certain place at a certain time.

• Precipitations

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of the average kinetic

energy of molecules in the air.

• Air Temperature

• Climate

• Heat

• Cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The pressure that

a column of air exerts on the air, or

surface, below it.

• Wind

• Rain

• Air Pressure

• Air Temperature

What is created as air moves from areas of high pressure

to areas of low pressure.

• wind

• rain

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The amount of water vapor in the air is called

• Heat

• Stickiness

• relative temperature

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Flat white layered clouds that have an approximate altitude of 2000m

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fluffy heaped or piled clouds that have an approximate altitude of 200 to 6000m

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation that reaches Earth’s surface as solid, frozen

crystals of water.

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

• Sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation that melts into rain as it passes through a layer of warm air and refreezes when it passes through a layer of below-freezing air.

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

• Sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5