Weather Jet Streams Flashcards
Weather patterns
Air going in a path again and again
Jet streams
Is a type of air that affects the weather
Land breeze
Is when the heat goes to the sea and the cool air goes to the land
Sea breeze
Is when heat goes to the land and the cool air goes to the sea
Convection currents
Are wind moving east to west or west to east
Coriolanus effect
Is wind affecting the weather
Trade winds
Are winds that don’t cross the equator the go west
Doldrums
Is what is called the space between the south and the north
Prevailing winds
Is winds that blow away from the equator and brings warm air
Prevailing westerlies
Winds that blow away from the equator and blows west to east
Polar easterlies
Winds that blow from the two poles
Gulf stream
Is a ocean that brings warm water
La Nina
Is a wind that brings cold air
El Nino
Is wind that brings warm air and droughts