Unit 4: Weather Vocab

What is the relatively thin layer of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

What term describes the average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area?

• Weather

• Climate

• Atmosphere

• Influence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which term refers to the portion of Earth that consists of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water vapor?

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the capacity to have an effect on the development or behavior of something?

• Influence

• Climate

• Weather

• Identify

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place called?

• Climate

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Air masses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a pattern of atmospheric conditions that creates a recognizable set of weather patterns over a specific area?

• Weather system

• Global patterns

• Ocean currents

• Tropical cyclones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the large-scale movement of air together with ocean circulation called?

• Air masses

• Atmospheric Movement

• Global patterns

• Ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What allows the necessary transport of heat from tropical to polar latitudes?

• Ocean currents

• Global patterns

• Weather system

• Air masses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a volume of air defined by its temperature and humidity?

• Air masses

• Ocean currents

• Weather system

• Tropical cyclones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean with winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher?

• Typhoon

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Cyclone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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