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Earth Science Ch 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weather | short term changes in the atmospheric properties |
| climate | long tem variation in weather in a specific area |
| air mass | large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area over which it forms |
| Coriolis effect | the effect on a rotating body that cause the trade winds, easterlies, and westerlies |
| polar easterlies | global wind system between near the poles that is characterized by cold winds |
| prevailing westerlies | global wind system that lies in the mid latitudes where air moves towards the poles |
| trade winds | two global wind systems near the equator where warm air flows in a convection current |
| jet stream | narrow wind band that occurs above large temperature contrasts |
| front | boundary between two air masses of different densities |