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1
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Global Wind Patterns

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Wind goes from the poles (high pressure) to the equator (low pressure)

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Coriolis effect

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lines are curved due to the rotation of the earth

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Land breeze

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land cools (high pressure) - wind flows from land to the sea

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Sea breeze

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sea cools

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5
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High pressure system

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low temperature

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low pressure system

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high temperature

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The warmer the air - the more water vapor it can hold

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air is less dense (more spaced out so it can hold more water)

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Radar

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know the picture that represents this - GOES is a type of radar

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atmospheric pressure

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higher up you are the less pressure weighs down on you

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isobar

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shows areas of equivalent pressure

be able to read a map - know the temperature based on the pressure

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synoptic chart

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shows: isobars, pressure, fronts

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anticyclones (high pressure system) - fair, calm weather

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northern hemisphere - clockwise

southern hemisphere - counter-clockwise

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Cyclones (hurricane) know the following:

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pressure, direction & hemisphere

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cyclones (low pressure system) - bad, more windy & precipitation weather

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northern hemisphere - counter-clockwise

southern hemisphere

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warm front

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warm mass of air is moving into an area

gentle rain over days

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cold front

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cold mass of air is moving into an area

thunderstorms over hours

17
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gentle rain over several days gives you a ___ front

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warm

18
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vestigial structures is evidence of evolution

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most likely had a function at one point but no longer does - you can live without it

19
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analogous structures

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structurally different
functionally the same
wings of fruit fly & wing of a bat - both fly

20
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homologous structures

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do have a common (same) ancestor - structurally have the same appearance
bat wing & human hand

21
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Evolution support evidence

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fossils,

22
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Evolution support evidence

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fossils,

23
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Charles Darwin’s boat

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H.M.S. Beagle

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fitness = evolution

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reproducing more - contribute more to the next generation

live less

25
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adaptation

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mutation is advantageous

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