wind
Spheres
Jet Stream
Coriolis Effect
Convection current
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What does wind mean?

Heat rises, cold air sinks and woosh goes the wind

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What is a hydrosphere?

All the water on Earth. Oceans influence weather because water absorbs the suns heat.

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What are jet streams?

Narrow bands of fast winds at the top of the troposphere.

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What is the coriolis effect?

Earth's rotation causes wind to deflect in opposite directions. 

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What is convection current?

Heat rises and cold sinks.

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What are global winds?

Created by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. These global wind systems, in turn, drive the oceans' surface currents.

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What is a troposphere? 

Lowest layer on Earth's atmosphere.

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What is land breeze?

Breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, owing to the relative warmth of the sea.


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