Mod E Vocab Quiz

A colorful, glowing display in the sky caused by particles from the sun striking oxygen and nitrogen atoms in ionosphere

• Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

• Air Mass

• Arid

• Climate

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.

• Air Mass

• Arid

• Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure.

• Isobar

• Jet streams

• Front

• Flash flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning.

• Thunderstorm

• Precipitation

• Meteorologist

• Lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

• Lightning

• Front

• Isobar

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A sudden, violent flood that occurs within short period of time of a heavy rainstorm

• Flash flood

• Front

• Water vapor

• Dew point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A swirling center of low air pressure

• Cyclone

• Cumulus

• Coriolis Effect

• Dew point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher; typically about 600 kilometers across

• Hurricane

• Front

• Flash flood

• Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Acid rain

• Rain that contains more acid than normal

• Moving away temporarily from an area about to be affected by severe weather.

• Layers of gases that surround the planet

• Increased cooling caused by the wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Air pressure

• A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

• A high-pressure system of dry air

• Elevation above sea level

• Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6