Wind

The flow of huge amounts of air normally from a high pressure to a low pressure.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A cooler breeze from a large body of water.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A cool breeze is produced when a large body of water at night is warmer then the ground that is around it.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An instrument for measuring the wind speeds.

• wind

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• anemometer

An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather.

• barometer

• jet streams

• beaufort wind scale

• prevailing winds

Relatively narrow bands of strong wind (up to 275 mph) in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They flow high overhead and cause changes in the wind and pressure at that level. They cause changes that can make extreme weather events worse.

• barometer

• jet streams

• beaufort wind scale

• prevailing winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

One of the first steps that was taken to estimate wind speeds and the effects. The chart starts with 0 and goes to a force of 12. The chart is still used today to estimate wind strengths.

• barometer

• jet streams

• beaufort wind scale

• prevailing winds

These blow in a certain direction and speed over a specific geographic region or at certain times of the year.

• barometer

• jet streams

• beaufort wind scale

• prevailing winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5