Topic 7: Weather

Air Mass

• a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperature

• the amount of difference in air pressure over a specific distance; the greater the pressure gradient, the greater the speed of wind

• a weather instrument used to measure wind speed

• the weight overlying atmosphere pushing down on a given unit of area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air Pressure Gradient

• a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperature

• the amount of difference in air pressure over a specific distance; the greater the pressure gradient, the greater the speed of wind

• a weather instrument used to measure wind speed

• the weight overlying atmosphere pushing down on a given unit of area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Atmospheric Pressure

• a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperature

• the amount of difference in air pressure over a specific distance; the greater the pressure gradient, the greater the speed of wind

• a weather instrument used to measure wind speed

• the weight overlying atmosphere pushing down on a given unit of area

Anemometer

• a large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture, and temperature

• the amount of difference in air pressure over a specific distance; the greater the pressure gradient, the greater the speed of wind

• a weather instrument used to measure wind speed

• the weight overlying atmosphere pushing down on a given unit of area

Atmospheric Transparency

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• the fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds

• the boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

Barometer

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• the fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds

• the boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cloud Cover

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• the fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds

• the boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold Front

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• the fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds

• the boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cyclone

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• a low-pressure portion of the troposphere that has air moving towards its center; includes hurricanes, mid-latitude cyclones and tornados.

• the boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Cyclonic Storm

• how transparent the atmosphere is to insolation; how easily insolation can pass through the air

• an instrument used to measure air pressure

• a low-pressure portion of the troposphere that has air moving towards its center; includes hurricanes, mid-latitude cyclones and tornados.

• a large type of low-pressure storm system formed in the mid-latitudes;

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6