Ch. 2 - Weather

The condition of the air at a certain time and place

• prediction

• weather forecast

• weather

• water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This keeps the earth from being too hot or too cold

• atmosphere

• equator

• gravity

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do the sun and atmosphere NOT affect our weather?

• The sun heats the air and causes it to move

• The atmosphere protects the earth like a blanket

• That atmosphere heats the air and causes it to move

• The atmosphere keeps the earth from being too hot or too cold

This measures the amount of rain that falls

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• anemometer

• weathervane

This shows which direction the wind is blowing

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• anemometer

• weathervane

This measures wind speed

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• anemometer

• weathervane

This measures temperature

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• anemometer

• weathervane

This cloud forms close to the ground

• cirrus

• cumulus

• fog

• stratus

wide, thin layer of clouds (like a blanket over the earth)

• cirrus

• cumulus

• fog

• stratus

high, thin, wispy clouds

• cirrus

• cumulus

• fog

• stratus