2023 - 2024 Muddy Sneakers Expedition Guide
The 2023 - 2024 Muddy Sneakers Expedition Guide offers and overview of each expedition available this school year. For each topic, you'll find information about what to expect including sample activities, NC Essential Science Standard correlation, and vocabulary terms.
The 2023 - 2024 Muddy Sneakers Expedition Guide offers and overview of each expedition available this school year. For each topic, you'll find information about what to expect including sample activities, NC Essential Science Standard correlation, and vocabulary terms.
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WEATHER<br />
VOCABULARY<br />
Air mass<br />
A large body of air that has a similar temperature and humidity<br />
throughout<br />
Air pressure<br />
Cirrus clouds<br />
The weight of the air over a given area<br />
Thin, wispy clouds at high altitudes<br />
Climate<br />
Average weather conditions in an area over a long period<br />
of time<br />
Cumulus clouds<br />
Density<br />
Fluffy white clouds with flat bottoms<br />
How “packed together” the particles in matter are<br />
Fronts<br />
The leading edge of an air mass. (Students will study<br />
warm, cold, stationary, and occluded fronts.)<br />
Humidity<br />
Jet stream<br />
Meteorologist<br />
Stratus clouds<br />
Weather<br />
The amount of water vapor in the air<br />
An air current in the high atmosphere that flows from west<br />
to east. (One metaphor is a river of wind very high in the<br />
sky.)<br />
A scientist who studies weather<br />
Low-lying, flat, gray clouds with horizontal layers<br />
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place<br />
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WEATHER
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