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Weather and climate

Weather and climate chapter 2 section 1 and 2

TermDefinition
Sea breeze The flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land.
Local wind Winds that blow over short distances.
Wind-chill factor Increased cooling caused by the wind.
Anemometer An instrument used to measure wind speed.
Wind The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
Latitude The distance from the equator, measured in degrees
Coriolis effect 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.
Global wind Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.
Monsoon Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons.
Land breeze The flow of air from land to a body of water.
Jet streams Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth’s surface.
Evaporation The process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor.
Relative humidity The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount the air could hold at that temperature.
Psychrometer An instrument used to measure relative humidity, consisting of a wet-bulb thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer.
Condensation The process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water.
Humidity A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
Dew point The temperature at which condensation begins.
Cumulus Clouds that form less than 2 kilometers above the ground and look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton.
Stratus Clouds that form in flat layers.
Cirrus Wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels, above about 6 kilometers.
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