Vocabulary 10 practice

Moving air

• wind

• jet stream

• front

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A swirling center of low air pressure

• anitcyclone

• jet stream

• cyclone

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

bands of high-speed winds about 10km above Earth's surface

• local winds

• cold fronts

• cyclones

• jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

winds that blow steadily from a specific direction over long distances

• global winds

• local winds

• air masses

• Coriolis effects

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a high-pressure center of dry air

• cyclone

• air mass

• front

• anticyclone

when a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet...there is no movement for a while

• occluded front

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• butterfly effect

• cause & effect

• Coriolis effect

• wrecks & effects

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a huge body of air with similar temperature, humidity, & air pressure...at any given height

• air mass

• front

• jet stream

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

warm air mass that forms in the tropics and can have low air pressure

• maritime

• polar

• tropical

• continental

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees North lattitude or south of 50 degrees South latitude

• maritime

• polar

• continental

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6