Predicting Weather Vocabulary

Match the following

• Weather

• A body of air extending over a large ares (1,000 miles or more) that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity

• Air Mass

• The boundary between an advancing warm air mass and a receding cooler air mass

• Warm Front

• Similar weather for a certain number of days 

• Weather Pattern

• Features on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers 

• Landforms

• The day-to-day state of the atmosphere 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A map or a chart that shows the weather conditions at a specific point in time over a specific region 

• topographical map

• Precipitation chart

• weather map

• Air pressure graph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(a)   is based on probability

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What does this describe: Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences

• coastal currents

• Ocean Currents

• Rip tides

• River currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

(a)   is a prediction of future events.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the following

• Vientos globales

• The border between an advancing cold air mass and a retreating warm air mass El límite entre una masa de aire frío que avanza y una masa de aire cálido que retrocede

• Atmósfera

• La capa de gas que rodea un planeta que se mantiene en su lugar por la gravedad.

• Frente frio

• Vientos que actúan como un sistema de transferencia de calor debido al calentamiento desigual de la superficie terrestre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6