Chapter 16- Weather Factors

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Radiation is the direct transfer of

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Electromagnetic waves

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Energy from the sun

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Radiation

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Scattering

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When dust particles in the air reflect light in all directions

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Visible light

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Light that you register as colors

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Non visible light

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Light you cannot see

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Infrared radiation

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Not visible, felt as heat, long wavelengths

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Ultraviolet radiation

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Not visible, felt as sunburns, short wavelengths

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Greenhouse effect

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When gases and clouds trap heat in the air

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Thermal energy

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The total amount of motion of the particles in a substance

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Temperature

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The average amount of movement of particles in a substance, measured by thermometer, read in degrees

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Heat

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The transfer of thermal energy from a hot object to a cool one

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Conduction

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Transfer of heat through solids touching

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Convention

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The transfer of heat through liquids and gases

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Troposphere is heated mostly by

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Convection currents

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Wind

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Horizontal movement of air from high to low pressure

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Anemometer

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Measures wind

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Local winds

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Winds that blow over short distances

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Land breeze

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At night, when the land is colder than the sea, air will move to the sea because of the high pressure in the land and the low pressure at the sea

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Sea breeze

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During the day, when the sea is colder than the land, air will move to the land because of the high pressure in the sea and the low pressure at the land

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Global winds

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Wind that blow over long distances

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The Coriolis effect

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Because earth rotates west to east, winds coming from the poles will always be shifting left

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Doldrums

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Regions near equator where warm air rises and there is no wind

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Horse latitudes

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Calm areas at thirty degrees north and south where there is no wind so ships long ago traveled really slow and as a result had to throw their horses overboard

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Trade winds

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Easterly winds that blew from the horse latitudes to the equator

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Prevailing westerlies

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Wind that blow towards the poles, away from the horse latitudes going east even though the Coriolis effect would make it go west

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Polar easterlies

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Blow cold air away from the poles in convection currents

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Jet streams

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High speed winds that blow from west to east