Topic 7: Weather part 2

dew point

• the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor and the relative humidity is at 100%

• the interface, or boundary, between two air masses of different characteristics

• the amount of water vaper (gaseous water) in atmosphere

• an isoline used on weather and climate maps that connects points of equal pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

front

• the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor and the relative humidity is at 100%

• the interface, or boundary, between two air masses of different characteristics

• the amount of water vaper (gaseous water) in atmosphere

• an isoline used on weather and climate maps that connects points of equal pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

humidity

• the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor and the relative humidity is at 100%

• the interface, or boundary, between two air masses of different characteristics

• the amount of water vaper (gaseous water) in atmosphere

• an isoline used on weather and climate maps that connects points of equal pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

isobar

• the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor and the relative humidity is at 100%

• the interface, or boundary, between two air masses of different characteristics

• the amount of water vaper (gaseous water) in atmosphere

• an isoline used on weather and climate maps that connects points of equal pressure

jet stream

• a concentrated curving band of high speed, easterly moving winds usually at the top of Earth's atmosphere

• cyclic and extreme weather changes caused by shifting winds and pressure belts

• the boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm mass off Earth's surface

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

monsoon

• a concentrated curving band of high speed, easterly moving winds usually at the top of Earth's atmosphere

• cyclic and extreme weather changes caused by shifting winds and pressure belts

• the boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm mass off Earth's surface

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

occluded front

• a concentrated curving band of high speed, easterly moving winds usually at the top of Earth's atmosphere

• cyclic and extreme weather changes caused by shifting winds and pressure belts

• the boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm mass off Earth's surface

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

planetary wind belt

• a concentrated curving band of high speed, easterly moving winds usually at the top of Earth's atmosphere

• cyclic and extreme weather changes caused by shifting winds and pressure belts

• the boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm mass off Earth's surface

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

polar front

• an ever-changing boundary between the colder air masses toward the poles and the warmer air masses towards the middle latitudes

• falling liquid or solid water from clouds towards the Earth's surface

• the chance of some environmental events, such as rain or an earthquake, taking place

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

precipitation

• an ever-changing boundary between the colder air masses toward the poles and the warmer air masses towards the middle latitudes

• falling liquid or solid water from clouds towards the Earth's surface

• the chance of some environmental events, such as rain or an earthquake, taking place

• east-west zones on Earth where the wind blows from one direction much of the time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5