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Weather

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Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator.
Longitude measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.
Hemisphere used to describe half of Earth.
Atmosphere a jacket of gases that surrounds our planet. It keeps us warm, gives us oxygen to breathe, and it is where our weather happens.
Weather what the sky and the air outside are like, such as cold and cloudy.
Climate he weather found in a certain place over a long period of time.
Polar the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate.
Continental a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent.
Maritime characterized by cool summers and cool winters, with a narrow annual temperature range and few extremes due to maritime influence.
Coriolis Effect a force that affects a moving object over a rotating body.
Trade Winds just air movements toward the equator. They are warm, steady breezes that blow almost continuously.
Prevailing Westerlies Between thirty and sixty degrees latitude, the winds that move toward the poles appear to curve to the east.
Polar Easterlies The polar easterlies form when the atmosphere over the poles cools.
Cold Front the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Warm Front the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
Map a flat, 2-dimensional drawing of land and water
Globe a spherical scale model of the Earth
Cirrus White wispy clouds that form at high altitudes and are always made of ice crystals.
Cumulus fair weather clouds with white puffy tops and dark flat bottoms
Stratus lowest clouds that cover the sky like a thick gray blanket.
Nimbus/Nimbo precipitating cloud, such as nimbostratus or cumulonimbus cloud.
Cumulonimbus a huge vertical cloud that can produce a thunderstorm
Land Breeze a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, because the sea is warmer than the land.
Sea Breeze a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea , especially during the day, because land is cooler than the sea.
Precipitation water that falls to the Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Evaporation the process of changing from a liquid to a gas
Condensation the process of changing from a gas to a liquid
Jet stream a steady worldwide wind that blows from west to east high above Earth
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