Weather Vocabulary

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Science
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7th Grade
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Criss Loven
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11 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A body of air extending over a large area (1,000 miles or more) that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity
Air Mass
Global Winds
Wind
Jet Stream
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Similar weather for a certain number of days
Radar
Wind
Weather Pattern
Hazardous Weather
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An air mass with greater atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses; air moves away from the center of the high pressure
Global Winds
High-Pressure Air Mass
Low-Pressure
Air Mass
Hazardous Weather
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A narrow zone of strong winds in the upper level of the atmosphere
Catastrophic Events
Hazardous Weather
Global Winds
Jet Stream
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes; classified by the extent and intensity of their impact on the ecosystem
Global Winds
Catastrophic Events
Hazardous Weather
Weather Pattern
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences
Global Winds
Radar
Ocean Currents
Hazardous Weather
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface
Global Winds
Hazardous Weather
Weather Pattern
Radar
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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