Weather Vocabulary 1

Elevation above sea level.

• High Pressure System

• Air pressure

• Low Pressure System

• Altitude

Large bodies of air that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

• Wind

• Air pressure

• Air Masses

• Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Wind

• Air pressure

• Air Masses

• Jet streams

Dominant winds of the mid-latitudes. These winds move from the subtropical highs to the subpolar lows from west to east.

• Polar easterlies

• Doldrums

• Westerlies

• Horse Latitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

• Wind

• Air pressure

• Air Masses

• Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's rotation.

• Convection Cell

• Coriolis effect

• Low Pressure System

• Westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system, which brings cloudiness and stormy weather.

• Air Masses

• High Pressure System

• Prevailing winds

• Low Pressure System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator.

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• Doldrums

• Horse Latitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system, which brings lower temperatures, clear skies, and a very small amount of precipitation.

• Low Pressure System

• Air Masses

• Convection Cell

• High Pressure System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A circular pattern of air rising, air sinking, and wind.

• Jet streams

• Convection Cell

• Air Masses

• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5