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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| wind | the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction |
| air presseur | air pressure. noun. The definition of air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air. |
| high pressuer system | A high pressure system is a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds. |
| low pressuer system | A low pressure system is a whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings stormy weather with strong winds |
| westerlies | the belt of prevailing westerly winds in the mid-latitudes of the northern and southern hemispheres. |
| easterlies | a wind blowing from the east. |
| trade wings | wind blowing steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. |
| global winds | These Global Winds are the dominant prevailing wind patterns that blow in a fairly constant, steady direction across our earth. |
| dololdrums | a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression |
| seabreeze | a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day owing to the relative warmth of the land. |
| land breeze | a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea. |
| jet sream | a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth |
| enragy | the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. |
| corolies effect | n effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation. |
| hurricane | a wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale (equal to or exceeding 64 knots or 74 mph). |
| tornado | mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. |
| vortex | a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind |
| focus | Focus-The location where the earthquake begins. |
| tecktonic plates | tectonic plate. noun. the two sub-layers of the earth's crust |
| normal fault | A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall. Normal faults occur where two blocks of rock are pulled apart, as by tension. |
| revers fault | A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression. |
| strike slip fault | a fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction, parallel to the line of the fault. |
| p waves | a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph. |
| s waves | a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph |
| richter scales | a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillations. |
| epicenter | the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake |
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