Wind Patterns Flashcards
Convection Current
When warm air or water rises and cool air or water falls to take it place, which creates wind.
Sea Breeze
When the warm air from the land rises and falls over the ocean. The cool air rushing in makes wind.
Land Breeze
When warm air over the ocean rises, and the cold air over the land goes in to take its place.
Coriolis Effect
When wind in the North hemisphere deflects to the right, while the opposite happens in the South hemisphere.
Jet Stream
A band of very fast moving wind that is about 10 km above the ground.
Trade winds
Winds that blow towards the equator.
Doldrums
A spot near the Equator that has no winds.
Polar Easterlies
Wind that are found near the the poles and that blow east to west.
Prevailing Westerlies
Winds that blow towards the Equator for west to east.
Prevailing Winds
Winds that blow away from the Equator.
La Niña
Bands of colder than usual water in the Pacific Ocean that cause rain and cool climate.
El Niño
Bands of warmer than usual water in the Pacific Ocean that cause droughts and warmer climate.
The Gulf Stream
An ocean current that brings warm water to the west coast of England, and to the east coast of the U.S.
