Next Gen Science Standards: (click the topic to view the standards)
Earth’s Systems (only ES 2-5 and ES 2-6)
  • Collect data to determine how air masses determine weather in our atmosphere
  • Develop model to show unequal heating of the Earth determines regional climates
Vocabulary:
  • Anticyclone
  • Anemometer
  • Atmosphere
  • Air Pressure
  • Air Mass
  • Barometer
  • Corilis Effect
  • Cyclone
  • Cloud
  • Cold Air vs. Warm Air
  • Condensation
  • Convection
  • Doldrums
  • Front
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Humidity
  • Mesosphere
  • Northeast Trade Winds
  • Polar Easterlies
  • Prevailing Westerlies
  • Precipitation
  • Radiation
  • Relative Humidity
  • Southeast Trade Winds
  • Stratosphere
  • Troposphere
  • Thermosphere
  • Thermometer
  • Thermal Conduction
  • Weather
  • Wind