why the windblows Word Scramble
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The mixture of gasses that surrond a planet or moon. | Atmosphere |
The measure of the force with which air molecules push on the surface. | Air Pressure |
The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. | Radiation |
The transfer of energy as heat through materials. | Thermal Conduction |
The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas. | Convection |
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure. | Wind |
The lowest layer of the atmosphere that decreases in temp. while incresase of altitude. | Troposphere |
The layer of atmosphere above the Troposphere and the temp. increases as altitude incerases. | Stratosphere |
The layer of atmosphere between the Stratosphere and Thermosphere and the temp. decreases as the altitude incerases. | Mesosphere |
The uppermost layer of the atmosphere in which the temp. increases as the altitude increases. | Thermosphere |
The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of the Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases obsorb snd radiate thermal energy. | Greenhouse Effect |
The gradual increase of average globsl temperature. | Global Warming |
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the rotation of the Earth. | Coriolis Effect |
Prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 and 90 degrees latitude. | Polar Easterlies |
Pervailing winds that blow west to east between the 30 and 60 degrees latitiude. | Westerlies |
Prevaailing winds that blow north east from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator | Trade Winds |
A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper Troposphere | Jet Stream |
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