Weather Jet Streams Flashcards

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Weather patterns

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Air going in a path again and again

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Jet streams

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Is a type of air that affects the weather

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3
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Land breeze

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Is when the heat goes to the sea and the cool air goes to the land

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4
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Sea breeze

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Is when heat goes to the land and the cool air goes to the sea

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5
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Convection currents

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Are wind moving east to west or west to east

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6
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Coriolanus effect

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Is wind affecting the weather

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7
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Trade winds

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Are winds that don’t cross the equator the go west

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8
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Doldrums

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Is what is called the space between the south and the north

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9
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Prevailing winds

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Is winds that blow away from the equator and brings warm air

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Prevailing westerlies

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Winds that blow away from the equator and blows west to east

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11
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Polar easterlies

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Winds that blow from the two poles

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12
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Gulf stream

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Is a ocean that brings warm water

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13
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La Nina

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Is a wind that brings cold air

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14
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El Nino

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Is wind that brings warm air and droughts

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