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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thermal Energy | the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature. |
| Energy | The capacity or power to do work |
| Convection | the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, |
| Jet Stream | Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of the Earth, |
| Coriolis Effect | an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force |
| Global Winds | Global winds are one such type of wind. Global winds are winds that develop in belts distributed all around the world |
| Trade Winds | a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern atm |
| Westerlies | a wind blowing from the west |
| Polar Easterlies | The polar easterlies are one of the five primary wind zones, known as wind belts, that make up our atmosphere's circulatory s |
| The Doldrums | a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression |
| Horse Latitudes | a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the western |
| Local Wind Patterns | occur on a small spatial scale, their horizontal dimensions typically several tens to a few hundreds of kilometers. |
| Sea Breeze | a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day owing to the relative warmth of the land |
| Land Breeze |
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