Vocab quiz week 4

Weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the Earth.

• Air mass

• Isobars

• Air pressure

Huge body of air in the lower atmosphere that has similar

temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.

• Tornado

• Air mass

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure.

• Isobars

• Thunderstorms

• Weather map

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds,

lightning, and thunder.

• Isobars

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Funnel shaped cloud of air that rotates at high speeds and is

formed when a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Storms with strong wind and rain that form over warm tropical

waters.

• Isobars

• Tornado

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

"Snapshot" of conditions at a particular time over a large area and

utilizes symbols to represent weather conditions.

• Air mass

• Weather map

• Isobars