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Weather Patterns
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hurricane | a large storm that brings strong winds and heavy rain - forms over warm water |
| equator | an imaginary line that divides Earth in half horizontally |
| hemisphere | one half of Earth |
| current | flow of air or water in a certain direction |
| jet stream | an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east |
| gulf stream | a warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean |
| el nino | an unusual warming of the surface water in the eastern pacific ocean near the equater |
| la nina | an unusual cooling of surface water in the eastern pacific ocean near the equator |