Water Cycle/Air Mass/Fronts Vocab Review

Boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary

• Air Mass

• Front

• Precipitation

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.

• warm front

• cold front

• continental air mass

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soild and rock layers

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

• Precipitation

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A dry air mass that forms over land

• cold front

• maritime air mass

• continental air mass

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, determined by factors including air pressure, amount of moisture in the air, temperature, wind, and precipitation

• Front

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

• Groundwater

• Precipitation

• Water Cycle

• Runoff

The pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Front

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large body of air that has the same characteristics of temperature and moisture content as the part of Earth's surface over which it formed

• Front

• Weather

• Air Mass

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the front of an advancing mass of warmer air

• air mass

• warm front

• cold front

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The change of state from gas to a liquid

• Transpiration

• Water Cycle

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4