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Weather Chapter 2
Winds (2:3) and Water in the Atmosphere (2:4)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure. | Wind |
| An instrument used to measure wind speed. | Anemometer |
| Increased cooling caused by the wind. | Wind-chill factor |
| Winds that blow over short distances. | Local wind |
| The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land. | Sea breeze |
| The flow of air from land to a body of water. | Land breeze |
| Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons. | Monsoon |
| Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances. | Global win |
| The way Earth’s rotation makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left. | Coriolis effect |
| The distance from the equator, measured in degrees | Latitude |
| Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth’s surface. | Jet streams |
| The process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor. | Evaporation |
| A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. | Humidity |
| The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount the air could hold at that temperature. | Relative humidity |
| Psychrometer |
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