Unit 3 vocab review

Latitude is

• the measure of the distance north or south of Earth's equator

• the measure of the distance east or west from the prime meridian

• divides the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere

• the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth

High pressure (H) areas

• have more air pressure than surrounding areas

• have less air pressure than surrounding areas

• show the state of the weather over a large area

• are tropical storms with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Low pressure (L) areas

• have more air pressure than surrounding areas

• have less air pressure than surrounding areas

• show the state of the weather over a large area

• are tropical storms with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold fronts are/will

• the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass

• form when a relatively moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass

• form when a cold front or warm front stops moving

• form by the process of which a liquid turns into a gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Longitude is 

• the measure of the distance north or south of the Earth's equator

• the measure of the distance east or west from the prime meridian

• division of the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere

• the halfway point between the north pole and the south pole

Warm fronts are/will

• the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass

• form when a relatively moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass

• form when a cold front or warm front stops moving

• form by the process of which a liquid turns into a gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A weather front is

• a boundary between two air masses

• the state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

• the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land

• form by the process of which a liquid turns into a gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Climate is

• the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

• the state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

• the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land

• is the imaginary line that splits the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Convection is

• a type of heat transfer that can only happen in liquids and gases, because it involves those liquids or gases physically moving

• energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light

• when heat moves from one object to another object through direct touch

• when a liquid becomes a vapor by touching a hot surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Radiation is

• a type of heat transfer that can only happen in liquids and gases, because it involves those liquids or gases physically moving

• energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light

• when heat moves from one object to another object through direct touch

• when a liquid becomes a vapor by touching a hot surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3