Weather Factors

What is a Meteorologist?

• Scientist who studies rocks

• Scientist who studies diseases

• Scientist who studies the causes of weather

• Scientist who studies the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Instrument used to measure precipitation

• wind vane

• rain bucket

• pyschrometer

• rain guage

3 main types of clouds

• cirrostratus, cirrus, stratus

• cirrus, stratus, cumulus

• altocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus

• nimbostratus, cirrus, stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Humidity

• Amount of moisture in the air

• Weather that is dangerous

• Study of Earth's weather

• Form of water that falls from the clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Instrument used for measuring air pressure

• thermometer

• anemometer

• pyschrometer

• barometer

How is severe weather different from regular weather?

• weather that is very windy

• weather that is unpredictable

• weather that is dangerous or damaging

• weather that is very cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Instruments used to measure wind

• psychrometer, hygrometer

• wind vane, hygrometer

• thermometer, anemometer

• anemometer, wind vane

Air Pressure

• Force that is a result of a column of air pushing down on you

• Study of Earth's weather

• Amount of moisture in the air

• The amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Thermometer

• Instrument used to measure humidity

• Instrument used to measure precipitation

• Instrument used to measure wind

• Instrument used to measure temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Horizontal movement of air that moves from high air pressure to low air pressure

• air pressure

• wind

• temperature

• forecast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6