Weather Vocab Quiz

an amount of air that moves as a unit

• air pressure

• change

• air parcel:

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the force on a surface caused by the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth

• air pressure

• air parcel

• atmosphere:

the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• cloud

• energy

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• energy:

• evaporation

• factor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the scientific study of weather

• meteorology

• cloud

• condensation

• factor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground

• factor

• precipitation

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a measure of how hot or cold something is:

• source

• stability

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth, where weather happens:

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

water as a gas

• liquid

• water vapor

• ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

: conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place

• stability

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5