Unit 3: Earth's Atmosphere Vocab

Blanket of gases surrounding Earth that contains about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.

• Radiation

• Climatology

• Atmosphere

• Humidity

Study of Earth’s climate in order to understand and predict climatic change.

• Atmosphere

• Climatology

• Windchill Index

• Ozone Hole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Removal of trees from a forested area without adequate replanting, often using clear-cutting.

• Defortestation

• Climatology

• Drought

• Humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Change in the wave frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of the wave as it moves toward or away from an observer.

• Deforestation

• Doppler Effect

• Drought

• Fire Truck

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Extended period of well-below-average rainfall, usually caused by shifts in global wind patterns

• Humidity

• Deforestation

• Humidity

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at a given location on Earth’s surface.

• Humidity

• Ozone Hole

• Windchill Index

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A seasonal decrease in ozone over Earth’s polar regions. 

• Radiation

• Donut Hole

• Ozone Hole

• Atmosphere Degradation

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves

• Doppler Effect

• Climatology

• Radiation

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Measured the windchill factor, by estimating the heat loss from human skin caused by a combination of wind and cold air.

• Sweat

• Atmosphere

• Sauna Effect

• Windchill Index

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5