Weather and Climate1 Word Scramble
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Weather | The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place in a region. |
Meteorology | The study of weather, and the understanding of the forces and causes of weather. |
Meteorologists | Scientists who study the Earth's atmosphere. |
Atmosphere | The air that surrounds the Earth. |
Wind | Air in motion, a result of the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun. |
Global Winds | Winds that blow over long distances from specific direction. |
Local Winds | Winds that blow over short distances. |
Coriolis Effect | The defection of winds caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis. |
Doldrums | Mostly very calm air in a band over the doldrums. |
Latitude | The distance of a place north or south of the equater. |
Trade Winds | Warm, steady winds that blow back toward the equater in usually clear skies. |
Prevailing Westerlies | Cool air, usually moving quickly toward the poles from the west to easy in both hemispheres. |
Polar Esterlies | Cold, fairly weak winds blowing from east to west |
Prevailing Winds | Winds that blow more often from one direciton than the other. |
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