Atmosphere and Weather

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• Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred

• Convection

• The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

• Raditation

• A boundary between two air masses

• Conduction

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

• Front

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

• Air Mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

• Cloud

• a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere

• Condensation

• Liquid to gas (through heating)

• Water Vapor

• Gas to liquid (through cooling)

• Evaporation

• water in the form of a gas

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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• An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

• Barometer

• Aurora

• an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles (in thermosphere)

• Water vapor

• The amount of water vapor in the air

• Humidity

• The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

• Relative Humidity

• water in the form of a gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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• Atmosphere

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• Adaptation

• A period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, and temperature

• Weather

• A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Climate

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• Season

• the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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• Troposphere

• The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere

• Meteorologist

• A scientist who studies weather

• Ultraviolet Radiation

• Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation.

• Atmosphere

• the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

• Ozone Layer

• a type of energy that comes to Earth from the Sun, can damage skin and cause cancer, and is mostly absorbed by the ozone layer

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

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

• Isotherm

• Line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temperature

• ultraviolet radiation

• a type of energy that comes to Earth from the Sun, can damage skin and cause cancer, and is mostly absorbed by the ozone layer

• a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere

• Jet Stream

• Isobar

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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• Weather

• A period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, and temperature

• Climate

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• Global Warming

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• Greenhouse Effect

• An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

• Season

• Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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