Weather and Climate Vocabulary

What are the layers of gas that surround a planet?

• Air pressure

• Altitude

• Atmospheric gases

The force that air puts on an area

• Air pressure

• Atmospheric gases

• Altitude

Height above sea level...

• Atmospheric gases

• Altitude

• Air pressure

A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

• Air pressure

• Anemometer

• Air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An instrument used to measure wind speed

• Thermometer

• Sling psychrometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

tool used to measure air pressure

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Sling psychrometer

• Thermometer

Technology gives us images such as this; Is this RADAR or SATELLITE?

• Satellite

• Radar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

this is a satellite image of what weather phenomenon?

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• High Pressure System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure

• Isotherm

• Isobar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6