Weather Patterns

What are characteristics of a blizzard?

• low temperatures, strong winds, blowing snow

• rotating updrafts, high wind speeds, heavy rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cloudy and rainy weather is associated with a(n)_____________________ air mass.

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A(n)________________________ front brings several days of steady rain or snow into an area.

• Stationary

• Non-stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A thunderstorm would likely cause severe flooding during its ___________________________ stage.

• Mature

• Stationary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds onto the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the layer or the atmosphere closest to earth, where weather happens

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

an amount of air that moves as a unit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

something we observe to be similar over and over again

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

an amount of air that moves as a unit

• air parcel

• cloud

• troposphere

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5