Global Weather Patterns: Sun & Energy and Weather
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| Front | The place where two air masses of different temperatures and pressures meet.
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| High Pressure | An area of higher air pressure that is typically associated with clear weather.
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| Low Pressure | An area of lower air pressure that is typically associated with wet or cloudy weather.
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| Air Mass | A large body of air that has approximately the same temperature and humidity.
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| Convection | The movement of energy through a moving liquid or gas.
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| Weather | A pattern of precipitation, wind, etc. that covers a small area for a short amount of time.
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| Climate | A pattern of temperature and precipitation that remains for a long period of time.
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| Ocean Current | The flow of water within the ocean that moves in a regular pattern.
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| El Niño | A periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean.
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| Deep Ocean Current | The movement of water far below the surface of the ocean.
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| Surface Current | The flow of water that occurs near or at the surface of the ocean.
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| Hurricane | A low pressure tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water.
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