Winds and Breezes
These winds occur over a smaller area
What are local winds?
The movement of air parallel to earth's surface
What is wind?
The standard color of the warm front symbol
What is red?
This type of ocean current is near the poles
What are cold currents?
These winds occur over a large area
What are global winds?
A local wind that blows from an ocean or lake
What is a sea breeze?
This front occurs when a cool air mass moves into a warm air mass
What is a cold front?
These move warm and cold water around the world.
What are ocean currents?
Different temperatures between the equator and poles produces what type of thermal energy
What is convection?
The flow of air from land to a body of water
What is a land breeze?
This occurs when a warm air mass moves into a cool air mass
What is a warm front?
This current cases the air masses above them to become warmer
What is a warm current?
This breeze happens when warm air rises and cool air moves to take the warm air's place
What is a sea breeze?
The boundary where 2 different air masses meet
What is a weather front?
This occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, but neither moves much.
What is a stationary front?
This current lowers the temperature of the air masses above them
What is a cold current?
This breeze happens when the warm air rises and, and night, the cool air moves off the land.
What is a land breeze?
These bands of high speed winds blow at speeds of 200-400 kph (124-248 mph)
What are jet streams?
This occurs when a warm air mass is caught between two cool air masses.
What is an occluded front?
This current is off the eastern side of the U.S.?
What is the Gulf Stream current?