TCI SCI L6 WEATHER Vocab

the weight of the air pushing down on an area;
the force exerted over an area by all of the air above that area

• WIND CHILL

• ANEMOMETER

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

• DENSITY

a property of matter that is equal to the amount of mass in a
certain volume of matter
(how jam packed something is)

• PROTOTYPE

• BAROMETER

• SEA LEVEL

• DENSITY

the elevation of the land surface where the atmosphere meets the ocean

• SEA LEVEL

• SEA BREEZE

• CONVECTION CELL

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

a tool used to measure atmospheric pressure

• THERMOMETER

• BAROMETER

• ANEMOMETER

• HYGROMETER

air that is moving from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure

• GUST

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

• STORM

• WIND

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a tool used to measure wind speed

• ANEMOMETER

• THERMOMETER

• BAROMETER

• HYGROMETER

The effect of how much colder the temperature feels
because of wind moving over your uncovered skin

• Breeze effect

• Wind chill

• Draft Effect

• Gust chill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a circulation of matter, such as air, caused by
constantly rising warm matter and falling cool matter

• convection cell

• evaporation

• density

• radiation effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a local wind that blows from land to water late at night.

• Water gust

• Land breeze

• Ocean wind

• Sea breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a local wind that blows from sea toward the land, especially during the day

• Sea breeze

• Coastal wind

• Water breeze

• Land breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6