Weather Vocabulary

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• Humidity
• Air Mass
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Winds that blow mostly in one direction, moving air masses.

• Prevailing Winds
• Humidity
• Air Mass
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The circulation of air due to heating and cooling of molecules.

• Convection Cell
• Prevailing Winds
• Humidity
• Air Mass
• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The boundary between two air masses.

• Weather Front
• Convection Cell
• Prevailing Winds
• Humidity
• Air Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where cold air masses overtake warm air masses.

• Cold Front
• Weather Front
• Convection Cell
• Prevailing Winds
• Humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of weather front where warm air masses overtake cold air masses.

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Weather Front
• Convection Cell
• Prevailing Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of weather front where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, but neither pushes the other out of the way.

• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Weather Front
• Convection Cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A type of weather front where an air mass gets separated from the ground by a fast-moving cold air mass, resulting in heavy rain

• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Weather Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity.

• Air Mass
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

• Humidity
• Air Mass
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5