Week 14 Young Vocab

anemeter

• instrument for measuring wind speed

• The Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's magnetic field
• movement of air

• lowering of body tempature

Coriolis effect

• The Coriolis effect is a result of gravitational pull
• air and water, right = southern, left = northern

• The Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's magnetic field
• air and water, left = southern, right = northern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

global winds

• Intermittent gusts
• Regional zephyrs
• winds from the poles

• Local breezes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

jet stream

• belt of strong winds

• car racing
• water slide
• airplane exhaust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

land breeze

• from sea to land at night

• mountain breeze
• sea breeze
• from land to sea at night

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

local winds

• tropical winds
• global winds
• polar winds
• winds that blow over a limited area

rotation

• expansion
• translation
• revolution
• spinning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

sea breeze

• land to sea during the day

• beach gust
• water zephyr
• sea to land during the day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

wind

• movement of air

• water
• movement

• air that pushes waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

wind chill factor

• Wind chill factor is the measure of how hot it feels due to the combination of wind and temperature.
• Wind chill factor is the measure of how windy it feels due to the combination of wind and temperature.
• Wind chill factor is the measure of how dry it feels due to the combination of wind and temperature.
• Wind chill factor is the lowering of your body temperature.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5