Unit 6 Weather and Climate

weather

• daily condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, humidity, and precipitation, caused by heat from the Sun

• information that has been collected

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate

• average weather conditions in a place over a long period of time, about 30

  years

• state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, wind, clouds, and

  precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Atmospheric

conditions

• state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, wind, clouds, and

  precipitation

• bring clear skies and fair weather when heavy cold air sinks and causes

  clouds to dissipate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Anemometer

• an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind

• average weather conditions in a place over a long period of time, about 30

  years

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Humidity

• amount of water vapor in the air

• an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation

• amount of water vapor in the air

• rain, hail, sleet, or snow that falls from clouds in the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

High pressure

air mass

• bring clear skies and fair weather when heavy cold air sinks and causes

  clouds to dissipate

• an instrument that measures the direction the wind is blowing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low pressure

air mass

• bring stormy weather when warm air rises and meets cooler air

• rain, hail, sleet, or snow that falls from clouds in the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Data

• information that has been collected

• an expert in the study of the weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm front

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5