Weather Vocabulary

A small amount of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• Climate

• Elevation

• Natural Disaster

• Trace

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.

• Hail

• Precipitation

• Sleet

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Pattern of weather in a place over many years.

• Climate

• Elevation

• Weather

• Weather map

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain that is partially frozen. This will happen when it is cold, but not cold enough to snow.

• Hail

• Precipitation

• Sleet

• Humidity

The weight of air of the atmosphere pressing down on earth.

• Air pressure

• Severe Weather

• National Disaster

• Weather Map

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Any disaster caused by forces of nature such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.

• Severe Weather

• Natural Disaster

• Elevation

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hurricanes, tornados, cyclones are all examples of

• Air Pressure

• Natural Disaster

• Severe Weather

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A map that shows weather data for a large area.

• Weather map

• Elevation

• Trace

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls from the clouds to Earth. This is an important part of the water cycle.

• Sleet

• Trace

• Weather

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How high land is above sea level.

• Humidity

• Elevation

• Air Pressure

• Climate