MS 11 Intro to Storms

Match the type of storm with the oceans where they frequently occur:

• Western Pacific

• typhoon

• Indian Ocean

• cyclone

• Atlantic & East Pacific

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean water that moves onto land during a storm due to wind and changes in air pressure

• storm surge

• dynamic soaring

• air mass

• fronts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Study of the atmosphere

• meteorology

• biology

• geology

• climatology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Put the layers of the atmosphere in order from earth's-surface to outer-space.

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

• troposphere

large area of air with uniform temperature and humidity

• storm surge

• dynamic soaring

• air mass

• fronts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Continental Arctic air mass with very cold, dry air that forms over polar regions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Maritime Polar air mass with cool, moist air that forms over mid- to high-latitude ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Continental Polar air mass with cold, dry air that forms over high-latitude continents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Continental Tropical air mass with hot, dry air that forms over tropical continents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Maritime Tropical air mass with warm, moist air that forms over tropical oceans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6