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Weather/climate v
Question | Answer |
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The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place | Weather |
Weather conditions in a region over a long time | Climate |
one elliptical orbit of earth around the sun | Revolution |
One complete spin of Earth on its axis | Rotation |
winds that blow from the same direction most of he time | Prevailing winds |
the amount of water vapor in the air | Humidity |
cooling effect that occurs when air is forced to rise over a mountain, resulting in a wetter windward side and a dryer leeward side | Orographic effect |
the process in which earth atmosphere traps heat energy | Greenhouse effect |
a wind system in which winds reverse direction and cause seasons of wet and dry weather | Monsoons |
Areas with no prevailing winds | Doldrums |
the most powerful and destructive tropical cyclones | Hurricanes |
permanently frozen soil between the ground surface | Permafrost |
The groundwater level at which all the cracks and spaces in the rock are filled with water | Water Table |
rock layers where groundwater is plentiful | Aquifer |
zone of contact between two air masses of widely different temperatures or moister levels | Front |
winds around the centers of low atmospheric pressure | Cyclones |
The time that the earths poles point at their greatest angle towards or away from the sun | Solstice |
time when both of the earth's poles are at a 90 degree angle from the sun | Equinox |