Weather and Climate Vocabulary

overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• climate

• weather

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Atmosphere

• a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs

• the air of a particular place

• a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

• atmosphere

• humidity

• storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

• storm

• clouds

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

covered with clouds; dull

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the change of state from a gas to a liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

forecast

• amount of water vapor

• to predict

• the amount of precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

altitude

• cloudy and stormy

• Earth's core

• height above sea level

precipitation

• amount of condensation

• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

• the amount of plants on Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6