Meteorology & Weather Maps

The study of the atmosphere (the air around our planet).

• Meteorology

• Forecast

• Weather Maps

• Meteorologists

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A physical scientist who observes, studies, or forecasts the weather.

• Meteorology

• Forecast

• Weather Maps

• Meteorologists

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Meteorologists are not important because they do not tell us anything important about the weather.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A guess or estimate about something that will happen in the future.

• Meteorology

• Forecast

• Weather Maps

• Meteorologists

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Meteorologists never get the forecast wrong.

• True

• False

Displays various features across a particular area at a particular point in time with different symbols.

• Meteorology

• Forecast

• Weather Maps

• Meteorologists

Used to convey information about weather conditions in a small space.

• Symbols

• Radar

• Satellite Map

• Satellite

A system that uses waves of energy to sense objects. It can find a faraway object and tell how fast it is moving. 

• Symbols

• Radar

• Satellite Map

• Satellite

Radar is useful because it can sense objects at night and through thick clouds.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A picture of the Earth's surface taken by a satellite orbiting the planet. 

• Symbols

• Radar

• Satellite Map

• Satellite