Unit 2 Atmosphere, Earth's Energy Budget, and Weather

Drops of water

• sleet/freezing rain

• air mass

• snow

• hail

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.

• sleet/freezing rain

• air mass

• snow

• hail

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Round pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter.

• sleet/freezing rain

• air mass

• snow

• hail

• rain

Water vapor in a cloud directly converted into ice crystals.

• sleet/freezing rain

• air mass

• snow

• hail

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Rain that freezes as it falls and/or forms small drops of ice or freezes when it touches the ground or other cold surfaces.

• sleet/freezing rain

• air mass

• snow

• hail

• rain

This image is used to represent a cold front on a weather map.

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This image is used to represent a stationary front on a weather map.

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This image is used to represent an occluded front on a weather map.

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This image is used to represent a warm front on a weather map.

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The amount of water vapor in the air.

• relative humidity

• dew point

• condensation

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4