AIR
WIND
LAND AND SEA
HODGEPODGE
VOCABULARY
100
What are the two most plentiful gases on Earth
What is nitrogen and oxygen?
100
They blow from west, moving from the horse latitudes toward the poles
What is trade winds?
100
Uneven heating and cooling of land and sea
What causes a sea breeze?
100
during summer monsoons, land becomes _______ than the sea
What is warmer?
100
energy that travels across the distances in the form of certain typles of waves
What is radiation?
200
air pressure is related to altitude and...
What is density?
200
They occur during the day
What is sea breezes?
200
they blow from west, moving from the horse lattitudes
What are the westerlies?
200
the influence of Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
200
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is weather?
300
giant loops of moving air
What are circulation cells?
300
form because air pressure varies from place to place
What causes wind?
300
the air molecules are pushed closer together at sea level
Why is air denser at sea level than higher altitudes?
300
water droplets combine and become heavy enough to fall
What happens when precipitation forms?
300
the force of air molecules on an area
What is air pressure?
400
air pressure at higher altittudes
Where is air pressure the lowest?
400
affects air travel
What is jet streams?
400
they blow from east, moving from the horse lattitudes
What are easterlies?
400
The doldrums
What is the low pressure zone near the equator?
400
it measures air pressure, and tells whether it is high or low pressure
What is a barometer?
500
the constant motion of air molecules pushing on an area
What causes air pressure?
500
these occur in the upper troposphere
What is jet streams?
500
during winter monsoons, land becomes _______ than the sea
What is cooler?
500
High pressure zones located about 30 degrees north and south of the equator
What horse latitudes?
500
winds that change direction with the seasons
What are monsoons?
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