Big Idea 7 Vocab Summative

Air Pressure

• The weight of the air pushing down on Earth. Measured with a barometer.
• A habitat that has warm temperatures, high humidity and lots of rainfall.
• An environment where the temperature and humidity drop as the elevation increases. It can have a lot of rain on one side, and nearly none on the other side.
• Dark, puffy, tall storm clouds that are dark grey in color and can produce light to heavy rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cirrus

• White, feathery, high clouds that are made of ice that do not lead to precipitation.
• A habitat that is a dry area with very little rainfall. It is hot during the day and cold at night.
• The weight of the air pushing down on Earth. Measured with a barometer.
• Habitat dominated with grass that receives more rain than deserts, but less than forests.

Climate

• An environment that is warmer and more humid than surrounding areas.
• Habitat dominated with grass that receives more rain than deserts, but less than forests.
• The average pattern of weather that occurs in a certain location over many years.
• A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cumulonimbus

• Located between the tropics and the polar circles characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
• Dark, puffy, tall storm clouds that are dark grey in color and can produce light to heavy rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
• White, feathery, high clouds that are made of ice that do not lead to precipitation.
• The height of an area above sea level.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulus

• The weight of the air pushing down on Earth. Measured with a barometer.
• Fluffy, white, cotton ball clouds that do not lead to precipitation.
• How fast or slow the air is moving as measured by an anemometer.
• Located between the tropics and the polar circles characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Desert

• A habitat that is a dry area with very little rainfall. It is hot during the day and cold at night.
• A climate zone characterized by very little precipitation and extremely cold temperatures.
• An environment that is extremely cold and dry all year.
• A form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth's surface.

Elevation

• The average pattern of weather that occurs in a certain location over many years.
• A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
• Located between the tropics and the polar circles characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
• The height of an area above sea level.

Equator

• The imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles.
• How fast or slow the air is moving as measured by an anemometer.
• Located between the tropics and the polar circles characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
• A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Grassland

• White, feathery, high clouds that are made of ice that do not lead to precipitation.
• Gray clouds that cover the sky and can produce light rain, sleet, or snow.
• A form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth's surface.
• Habitat dominated with grass that receives more rain than deserts, but less than forests.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Hemisphere

• Located between the tropics and the polar circles characterized by moderate temperatures rather than extremely hot or cold temperatures.
• An environment where the temperature and humidity drop as the elevation increases. It can have a lot of rain on one side, and nearly none on the other side.
• A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
• Half of Earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western).

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6