Water and Weather

the process of water changing from water vapor to a liquid by loss of heat (e.g., weather-water vapor forming clouds).

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the process of water changing from a liquid to water vapor by adding heat (e.g., weather-water in oceans evaporating into the air).

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

water that falls to the Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the change of water from one state to another as it moves between Earth’s surfaces to the atmosphere

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

acting in such a way so to have an effect on something else

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• Interact

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The air that surrounds the Earth; it is made of a mixture of gases

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• Interact

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a huge ball of gases around which the Earth and other planets of the solar system revolve; the Sun is a star that provides Earth with most of its light and thermal energy

• Atmosphere

• Sun

• Interact

day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in an area; weather has short-term variations (e.g. weather can change from minute-to-minute, day-to-day, or week-to-week)

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

general pattern of weather in an area over a long period time

[30 years or more (many decades)]

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6