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weather vocab week 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| current | a flow of air or weather in a certain direction |
| jet stream | an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from the West to the East |
| gulf stream | a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean;it flows Northeast along the eastern coast |
| El Nino | an unusual warming of the surface water in the Eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator |
| La Nina | an unusual cooling of the same water |
| trade wind | a wind that blows toward the equator ;it blows from East to West |
| sea breeze | the cool air from the water moves toward the land to replace rising warm air |
| land breez | the air above the ocean rises and pulls the cool air from the land |
| valley breeze | the warm air rises and moves up the mountain |
| mountain breeze | the cool air sinks down the mountain causing the wind to move in the opposite direction |
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