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Weather and Climate Flashcards

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What is Climate?

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Climate is a weather patterns for a region

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What is Radiant Energy?

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Radiant Energy is energy that travels through space like the sun’s energy traveling to Earth

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What is Latitude?

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Latitude is the distance of a place north or south of the equator

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What is Rotation?

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Rotation is Earth spinning on its axis that cause day and night

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What is a Convection Current?

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A Convection Current is the circular movement of fluids (like air or water) caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the sinking of cooler, more dense fluid.

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What is Atmospheric Movement?

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Atmospheric Movement is when the sun heats the air and hot air rises and cool air sinks creating circular convection currents

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What are Ocean Currents?

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Ocean Currents are when the sun heats the air and hot air rises and cool air sinks creating circular ocean currents

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What is Weather?

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Weather is

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

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The Coriolis Effect is

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