SHES Weather and Atmosphere

Clouds that are high and wispy and signal fair weather.

• Cirrus

• Cumulous

• Cumulonimbus

• Stratus

Clouds that are layered over a large area. As these clouds thicken precipitation can occur over the location of these clouds

• Thunder

• Cumulous

• Stratus

• Rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A small, funnel-shaped cloud that comes down from a storm cloud with winds spinning at very high speeds.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The gas form of water.

• liquid

• ice

• rain

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Measures wind speed in kilometers or miles per hour.

• thermometer

• anemometer

• rain gauge

• weather vane

A large storm that forms over warm ocean water with very strong winds that blow in a circular pattern around the eye of the storm

• Storm

• Hurricane

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Clouds that are puffy with flat bottoms and signal fair weather; when they are darker, they may signal rain or thunderstorms.

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain and strong winds.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth (where weather takes place).

• Stratosphere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How water changes form and cycles between Earth’s surface and the air and back again.

• evaporation

• water cycle

• liquid

• states of matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4