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A large, powerful wave caused by an earthquake
What is a tsunami?
This is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
A breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night.
What is a land breeze?
A thin, wispy cloud made of ice crystals that forms at high elevations
What is a cirrus cloud?
A large body of air with generally uniform temperature, humidity, and air pressure
What is an air mass?
The distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave
What is wavelength?
The process by which Earth's surface radiates heat into the atmosphere, which radiates some of the heat back to Earth
What is the greenhouse effect?
The perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed skin due to wind.
What is wind chill/wind chill factor?
What is a stratus cloud?
A system of winds rotating around a center of low pressure
What is a cyclone?
The lowest point of a wave
What is the trough?
A form of invisible electromagnetic energy with a shorter wavelength than visible light
What is ultraviolet (UV) radiation/light?
What is a jet stream?
A fluffy, rounded cloud that forms at lower elevations.
What is a cumulus cloud?
The boundary between different air masses
What is a front?
Surface waves usually form when the energy is transferred to the water from this.
What is wind?
The transfer of thermal energy through a liquid or gas
What is convection?
An equatorial region with light, unpredictable winds.
What are the doldrums?
Daily Double: A thick cloud at or near Earth's surface
What is fog?
This type of air mass is warm or hot and forms over the lower latitudes
What is a tropical air mass/tropical?
A wave that has the crest spill over toward the trough as it approaches the shore
What is a breaker?
A form of invisible electromagnetic energy that has a longer wavelength than visible light.
What is infrared light?
An instrument used to measure the speed of wind
What is an anemometer?
The temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses and forms droplets
What is the dewpoint?
This type of air mass is humid and originates over the oceans
What is a maritime air mass/maritime?