Clouds, Air Masses, Fronts

the force that air puts on an area

• energy

• heat

• air pressure

• air force

a mass of air that brings warm, wet, cloudy weather

• warm cycle

• jet stream

• high pressure area

• low pressure area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a mass of air that brings cool, dry, nice weather

• high pressure

• sky mass

• occluded front

• low pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the boundary between two air masses with different properties

• integrated

• collision

• front

• global wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a band of strong moving air currents circling the globe several miles above Earth

• wind

• tornado

• jet stream

• boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

when a COLD AIR MASS pushes into a warm air mass

• thunderstorm

• cold front

• warm front

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

when a WARM AIR MASS pushes into a cold air mass

• occluded front

• warm front

• cold front

• squall line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a line that shows where an area ends and another area begins

• boundary

• space

• air mass

• trade winds

a front that develops when two cold air masses meet and TRAP a warm air mass

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

• cold front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture level throughout

• cloud

• stratus

• warm front

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5