Weather Middle School

A warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses. The warm air is lifted up above the cold air

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When two air masses stop moving when they meet. These stalled air masses create a:

• Stationary Front

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A snow storm that has high winds. The storm must have winds greater than 56 kilometers (35 miles) per hour and visibility of ¼ mile or less because of wind-blown snow.

• Freezing Rain

• Thunderstorm

• Hurricane

• Blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Meteorologists can perfectly predict when and where tornadoes can strike based on recordings of the local air currents.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Anemometer

• tool used to measure wind speed

• a tool that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure

• a tool that measures air temperature

• instrument used to measure humidity

  in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Wind

• movement of air from an area of high density and pressure to low density and pressure. Caused by uneven heating of the earth

• Very dense cool dry air. Brings happy weather.

• Low density air. Brings lousy weather.

• The movement of air as a result of Earths rotation. (Northern Hemisphere it curves to the right)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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High Pressure

• Low density air. Brings lousy weather.

• The amount of water vapor in the air

• The force exerted by the atmosphere on Earth’s surface by the weight of the air above.

• Very dense cool dry air. Brings happy weather.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Coriolis Effect

• movement of air from an area of high density and pressure to low density and pressure. Caused by uneven heating of the earth

• Transfer of thermal energy through circular motion caused by heating and cooling of fluids (liquids/gases)

• The movement of air as a result of Earths rotation. (Northern Hemisphere it curves to the right)

• The force exerted by the atmosphere on Earth’s surface by the weight of the air above.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sea Breeze

• Transfer of thermal energy through circular motion caused by heating and cooling of fluids (liquids/gases)

• The movement of air as a result of Earths rotation. (Northern Hemisphere it curves to the right)

• The breeze that blows from the land toward the sea after the sunset. The land cools more quickly than the ocean cooling the air above it. The warmer air above the water continues to rise and the cooler air from over the land replaces it creating a breeze.

• the breeze that blows from the sea toward the land during the day as air rising over the warmer land is replaced by cooler air from above the sea.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Barometer

• tool used to measure wind speed

• a tool that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure

• a tool that measures air temperature

• instrument used to measure humidity

  in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5