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climates & currents
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elevation | the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level |
| latitude | the measure of distance of north or south of the equator |
| jet stream | a fast narrow current of air flowing from west to east |
| prevailing wind | the usual wind in an area or region |
| polar easterlies | dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the east and away from the poles |
| westerlies | permanent winds that blow in the middle latitudes. |
| trade winds | winds the reliably blow east to the west just north and south of the equator |
| doldrum | the belt around earth near the equator where sling ships sometimes get stuck on windless waters |
| coriolis effect | the curving of the path of objects of fluids due to the earths rotation |
| density | mass per unit volume of a substance |
| salinity | the amount of dissolved solid in water |
| ocean current | the movement of water from one location to another |
| surface current | currents near the surface of the water caused by wind |
| deep current | water currents beyond the depth of 500 meters |
| bottom current | the flow of masses in cold-watersphere beneath the base of the thermocline |
| convection current | the transfer of heat through air or water |
| weather | the weather condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time |
| climate | the long term pattern of weather in a particular area |
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