Weather Vocabulary Review

What is an occluded front?

• A boundary separating two masses of air of different densities

• Two cold air masses sandwich warm air masses creating unpredictable weather

• A front that remains in the same position for an extended period

• The process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What weather conditions are typically associated with a warm front?

• Clear skies and dry weather

• Thunderstorms and heavy rain

• Gradual increase in temperature and light rain or drizzle

• Sudden drop in temperature and snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Transpiration is the process by which:

• Water evaporates from the surface of the ocean

• water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere

• Water vapor condenses into clouds

• Water is absorbed by the roots of plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a stationary front?

• A front that forms when a cold front catches up to a warm front

• A front that brings sudden changes in weather conditions

• cold air meets warm air and neither is being displaced bringing consistent weather

• A front that always brings heavy precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The conditions of the atmosphere at any given time and place.

• Hail
• Climate
• Weather
• Desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The process in which water falls from the clouds in the sky.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• weather

The boundary between two colliding air masses.

• front

• air mass

• dew

• frost

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Forms when there is a large amount of water vapor in the air.

• precipitation

• frost

• dew

• snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Large portions of air that have the same weather throughout.

• air mass

• front

• evaporation

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Rain, snow melt or other water flows in surface streams, rivers or canals.

• evaporation

• condensation

• surface runoff

• subsurface runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4