Severe Weather Vocabulary Review

What is a "Hurricane"?

• A large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

• A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.

• An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.

• Water that has blown outward from the center of a hurricane.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a "Tornado"?

• A large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.

• An electric discharge within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

• A boundary between two air masses.

• A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is "Storm Surge"?

• A period of below-average precipitation.

• A large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.

• Water that has blown outward from the center of a hurricane, eventually seeping onto the coastline as a large wave.

• The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air or a surface below it.

What is "Front" in meteorology?

• An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.

• Water that has blown outward from the center of a hurricane.

• A boundary between two air masses.

• A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is "Air Pressure"?

• An electric discharge within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

• The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it.

• A large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

• A large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is "Low Pressure System"?

• A large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.

• A large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.

• A period of below-average precipitation.

• A boundary between two air masses.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is "High Pressure System"?

• A large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.

• An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.

• Water that has blown outward from the center of a hurricane, eventually seeping onto the coastline as a large wave.

• A large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is "Lightning"?

• An electric discharge within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

• A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.

• A boundary between two air masses.

• The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is "Air Mass"?

• Water that has blown outward from the center of a hurricane, eventually seeping onto the coastline as a large wave.

• A large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.

• A period of below-average precipitation.

• A large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a "Drought"?

• An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.

• A period of below-average precipitation.

• The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it.

• A large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4