Weather Unit - Vocabulary

Severe and extreme weather and climate events

• air pressure

• natural hazards

• precipation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A person who studies weather and predicts about the changes in the weather.

• meteorologist

• condensation

• Barometor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Condensation

• The changing of water gas to water liquid.

• Water that falls to the ground from clouds.

• A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation

• The changing of water gas to water liquid.

• Water that falls from clouds in the form of liquid rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Moving air. It is caused by differences in air pressure.

• precipication

• air pressure

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air.

• condensation

• precipitation

• cloud

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Air Pressure

• A collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air.

• The force of air pressing down on Earth’s surface.

• The mixture of gases that surrounds the earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth.

• atmosphere

• axis

• barometer

The mixture of gases that surrounds the earth.

• barometer

• wind

• atmosphere

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Is a measure of how hot of cold something is.

• temperature

• precipitation

• weather

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5