Weather and Earth's Surface

Match the following

• air mass

• The layer of air that surrounds our planet

• barometer

• Particles of air pressing down on the Earth's surface

• air pressure

• The border where two air masses meet

• front

• An instrument that measures air pressure

• atmosphere

• The huge body of air which all has similar temperature and moisture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following

• cumulonimbus

• Dark gray clouds that form a low layer and bring light rain or snow showers

• cirrus

• High-altitude clouds that are made up of ice crystals

• stratus

• Towering, dark rain clouds with a nimbus, or halo, or gray-white

• cumulus

• Puffy cotton-ball clouds that begin to form when water droplets condense at middle altitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of atmosphere that contains ozone and is located above the troposphere.

• Stratosphere
• Exosphere
• Thermosphere
• Troposphere

The layer of atmosphere closest to Earth

• thermosphere
• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere

Match the following

• evaporation

• The process by which water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid

• humidity

• The process in which a liquid changes to a gas

• water cycle

• the constant recycling of water on Earth

• condensation

• Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• precipitation

• The amount of water vapor in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The warming of Earth caused by the atmosphere trapping thermal energy from the sun.

• troposphere

• Global warming
• water cycle

• Greenhouse effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

An instrument that measures humidity

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• Barometer
• Thermometer
• Hygrometer

What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere
• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere

What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?

• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Troposphere
• Thermosphere

Match the following

• warm front

• warm air mass catches up with cold air mass. The warm air slides over the colder, denser air.

• cold front

• When two air masses meet

• front

• when cold air mass catches up to a warm air mass. The colder air mass forces the warmer air up into the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5