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Wind Currents/air masses/ ocean currents/ waether Flashcards

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Warm air….

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Rises

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Cold air…….

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Falls

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Global wond pattern
North pole
Equator

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North pole - falls

Equator - rises

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Low / high pressure
Equator
30°s
30°n

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Equator - low pressure
30°s - high pressure
30°n - high pressure

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The coriolis effect
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere

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North - deflected right ( as of walking down from yhe north

Southern - deflected left

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5
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Wind is …

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Moving air, the faster the air moves the more wind

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6
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Winds named …..

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After the direction they come from

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Prevailing winds….

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Wind that is most common in a certain area

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Ocean currents

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Giant rivers that flow through the oceans

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3 causes for ocean belts

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1) unequal heating : @ equater where there us direact sunlight the water expands about 10mm, the water the flowsa downhill causing a current
2) the earth rotating: because yhe earth spins, currents are deflected to the right
3) prevailing winds : friction between global winds and surface of earth ( some currents follow global wind patterns)

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Air masses

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Large bodies of air with the same temperature, pressure + moisture

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Maritime air masses

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Brings rain ( comes from oceans)
Summer - cold/mild 
Winter - warm/mild
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Continental air masses

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Dry ( comes from continents)
Summer- warm
Winter- cold

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Polar air masses

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Cold ( comes from north pole)
Summer- cold/wet
Winter- cold/wet

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Tropical

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Warm ( from equator)
Summer- warm/dry
Winter- warm/dry

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15
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Element - temperature
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - max/min thermometer

Expression - °F or °C

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Element - percipitation
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - rain gauge

Expression - mm

17
Q

Element - humidity
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - wet/dry bulb thermometer

Expression - % saturation

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Element - wind speed / direction
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - anemometer * wind speed Wind came* direction

Expression - km/h and N/S/E/W

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Element - sunshine
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - campbell stones sunshine thermometer

Expression - hours

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Element - pressure
Instrument
Expression

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Instrument - barometer

Expression - mb ( millibars )

21
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Water….

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The state of the atmosphere at any place or time

22
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Places of equal temperature marked with…. On a map

23
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Places of equal rainfall marked by…. On a map

24
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Places of equal pressure marked by…. On a map

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