Weather Vocabulary

The amount of water vapor in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Weather tool used to measure wind speed and direction

The air that occupies the space up to about 50 miles above the Earth's surface between the stratosphere and the thermosphere. Most meteoroids burn up in this layer.

When a cold air mass moves into ta region of warm air, forcing the warm air quickly upward along the front.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over tropical oceans. Must have winds of at least 120 KM/Hour.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The height you are above sea level.

Scientists who study and predict weather.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Weather tool used to measure air pressure

The boundary of a warm air mass moving to a cold air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The gases that surround the Earth.