Middle School Science Weather Vocabulary

Puffy low level cloud type

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• feathery

Evaporation of water out of the leaves of plants/trees

• condensation

• weathering

• transpiration

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

AIr current that affects weather in North America

• Jet Stream

• Gulf Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Occurs when water vapor cools and turns into a liquid

• evaporation

• water vapor

• gas

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Warm water current that warms coastal weather

• Jet Stream

• Main Stream

• Gulf Stream

• High Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Device that measures air pressure

• anemometer

• wind vane

• rain gauge

• barometer

Device that measures wind speed

• barometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

• rain gauge

Thin, feathery high level cloud type

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• water vapor

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Layered, low level cloud type that indicates chance of rain

• precipitation

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5