Weather vocab rev #1

        Specific short term measurements of the atmosphere such as

temperature and wind speed.

• weather

• Geological variables
• climate

• air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Long term average pattern of temperature, seasons and precipitation.

• source region

• climate

• weather

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

1. Large volume of air that has characteristics based on where it formed,

such as humidity and temperature.

• air mass

• source region

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

1. a rotating body, such as the Earth, influences the motion of any fluid on

that body, such as air or the ocean. In the northern hemisphere fluids rotate counter clockwise, while in the southern they rotate clockwise.

• Foucault effect
• Newton effect
• Coriolis effect
• Euler effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a relatively flat topped area of ground

• plain
• hill
• plateau
• valley

the change in elevation of the crust of the earth

• topography

• radiation

• conduction

• plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

1. The transfer of thermal energy through electromagnetic waves, such as how

heat gets to the earth from the sun

• Radiation
• Reflection
• Convection
• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

1. the transfer of heat by the movement of heated material from one place to

another. For example and air current

• Radiation

• Conduction
• Insulation
• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

1. The transfer of heat energy through contact of the atoms or molecules

• Convection
• Conduction
• Insulation
• Radiation

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at any given time

• temperature
• precipitation
• humidity
• wind speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4