Earth's Changing Weather Vocabulary

a large body of air with the same features throughout

• air mass

• air pressure

• trade winds

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

one of the two winds belts that blow from west to east

• air mass

• westerlies

• trade winds

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

layers of low gray clouds that often bring steady rain

• cumulous clouds

• stratus clouds

• cirrus clouds

• nimbus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

puffy white clouds that form low in the air to mid-height

• cumulous clouds

• stratus clouds

• cirrus clouds

• nimbus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

high, thin, icy clouds

• cumulous clouds

• stratus clouds

• cirrus clouds

• nimbus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the average weather of a region over a long period of time

• front

• weather

• climate

• air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the force of air pushing down on Earth

• air mass

• air currents

• atmosphere

• air pressure

one of two winds belts that mostly blow from east to west

• westerlies

• jet stream

• prevailing winds

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a narrow band of strong winds high above Earth's surface that blow from west to east

• westerlies

• jet stream

• prevailing winds

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

where the edges of two air masses meet

• air mass

• front

• climate

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5