Earth and Space Semester Exam

the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

• wind

• air pressure

• humidity

• weather front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system; brings clear skies and good weather

• high pressure system

• low pressure system

• warm front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

an asteroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere and has begun to burn up

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

• asteroid

Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels.

• cirrus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• nimbostratus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Prefix given to all mid-level clouds

• alto

• cirro

• strato

• nimbo

Dark stratus clouds that bring long periods of rain

• altostratus

• cirrostratus

• nimbostratus

• stratocumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A type of cumulus cloud that is tall and gray, and associated with thunderstorms.

• stratocumulus

• nimbocumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrocumulus

The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; where all weather occurs

• troposphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Third layer of the atmosphere; where meteors burn up

• troposphere

• exosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; where all weather occurs

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5