Predicting Weather Vocab Quiz

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

• Cold front

• Atmosphere

• Air Mass

• Warm front

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The border between an advancing cold air mass and a retreating warm air mass

• Cold front

• Atmosphere

• Air Mass

• Warm front

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity

• Cold front

• Atmosphere

• Air Mass

• Warm front

• Global winds

Winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface

• Cold front

• Atmosphere

• Air Mass

• Warm front

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The boundary between an advancing warm air mass and a receding cooler air mass

• Cold front

• Atmosphere

• Air Mass

• Warm front

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• Ocean currents

• Weather

• Landforms

• Forecast

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A prediction or estimate of future events

• Ocean currents

• Weather

• Landforms

• Forecast

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Features on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers

• Ocean currents

• Weather

• Landforms

• Forecast

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The day-to-day state of the atmosphere

• Ocean currents

• Weather

• Landforms

• Forecast

• Global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Similar weather for a certain number of days

• Warm Front

• Weather Map

• Probabilistically

• Forecast

• Weather Pattern