List 11 Vocabulary- Weather

Huge bodies of air that form over water or land

• front

• warm front

• air pressure

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air masses that move and collide with each other; these form at the boundary between air masses

• high pressure system

• front

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air mass that is moving over a cold air mass; creates long periods of precipitation and brings warmer temperatures

• cold front

• occluded front

• warm front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Colder air mass that slides under a warm air mass; can bring severe weather and usually brings cooler temperatures

• cold front

• occluded front

• warm front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Neither the cold air or warm air mass is moving; long periods of precipitation

• warn front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses and is pushed upward; this brings long periods of precipitation

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Pressure systems that bring fair weather (high, dry air pressure); winds circulate clockwise

• high pressure system

• low pressure system

• front

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Pressure systems that bring rainy and/ or stormy weather; winds circulate counterclockwise

• high pressure system

• stationary front

• low pressure system

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A storm with thunder, lightning, heavy rains, and strong winds; they form within large cumulonimbus clouds; usually form along a cold front (but can form within an air mass)

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• air mass

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped clouds that reach down from a storm cloud; very low pressure and strong winds cause damage to people and property; they form within fronts where there are thunderstorms

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• stationary front

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2