Weather and Water Cycle Vocabulary

A force exerted on a surface from the weight of the air in the atmosphere.

• Air Pressure

• Climate

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An area that has similar average temperatures and precipitation throughout; includes polar, temperate and tropical zones

• Weather

• Equator

• Climate Zones

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The average pattern of weather that occurs in certain location over many years.

• Humidity

• Climate

• Condensation

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process by which a gas is converted to a liquid

• Evaporation

• Latidude

• Polar Zone

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which a liquid is converted to a gas by heating the liquid

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Evaporation

• Tropical Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Temperate Zone

• Weather

• Evaporation

• Equator

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, usually expressed as either absolute humidity or relative humidity

• Humidity

• Polar Zone

• Latitude

• Equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the equator, which has a latitude of 0°, with the poles having a latitude of 90° north and south

• Climate Zone

• Latitude

• Water Vapor

• Condensation

A climate zone characterized by very little precipitation and extremely cold temperatures

• Tropical Zone

• Equator

• Polar Zone

• Humidity

Water that falls from the air to the Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• State of Matter

• Weather

• Temperate Zone

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4