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This part of the Earth receives the MOST amount of direct sunlight.
equator
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What type of weather will a continental tropical air mass bring an area?
hot, dry air/weather
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This type of front is fast-moving.
cold front
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This type of front is slow-moving and brings several days of clouds/precipitation.
warm front
100
This type of local wind occurs at night.
Land breeze
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Polar Easterlies blow from ______ to ______.
east to west
200
This type of front occurs when a warm air mass is cut off from the ground by 2 cold air masses.
occluded front
200
These are bands of high-speed winds that push fronts from W-->E across the U.S.
jet streams
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Weather instrument that measures wind speed.
anemometer
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This air mass forms over Canada.
Continental Polar
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What type of weather will a cold front bring?
thunderstorms, followed by cooler, nicer weather
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This global wind pushes air masses/fronts/weather across the U.S.
prevailing westerlies
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Boundary where 2 air masses meet.
Front
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This weather instrument measures wind direction.
wind vane
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Maritimes means.....
water
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Prevailing westerlies blow from ______ to ______.
west to east
400
This type of global wind blows near the equator.
trade winds
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This type of air mass forms over the Gulf of Mexico.
maritime tropical
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This type of front forms when a cold air mass and warm air mass stall over an area.
stationary front
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These global winds blow between 60 degrees North/South latitudes and the poles.
Polar Easterlies
500
Trade winds blow from ____ to _____.
east to west
500
This type of local wind occurs during the day.
Sea breeze
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The tilt of the Earth on it's axis causes winds to turn in different directions.
Coriolis Effect
500
These are the 2 areas that are very calm and have little to no wind.
doldrums and horse latitudes
500
___________ is the distance from the equator, measured in degrees.
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