What Causes Weather Vocab List ENTRY #12
1. Weather 14. Jet Stream
2. Radiation 15. Sea Breeze
3. Conduction 16. Land Breeze
4. Convection 17. Monsoon
5. Air Pressure 18. Water Cycle
6. Wind 19. Evaporation
7. Corioles Effect 20. Condensation
8. Global (Major) Winds 21. Precipitation
9. Doldrums 22. Ground Water / Run-off
10. Trade Winds 23. Humidity
11. Prevailing Westerlies 24. Relative Humidity
12. Polar Easterlies 25. Saturation
13. Local (Minor) Winds 26. Dew Point
What Causes Weather Vocab List ENTRY #12
1. Weather-Is the present state of our ______-The interaction between the earth’s air, water, land and the sun
2. Radiation-Energy that comes off of the ______and is absorbed by the earth
3. Conduction- The transfer of heat when molecules ______into each other
4. Convection- The transfer of heat through ______currents. (Only through a fluid)
5. Air Pressure-The ______of the atmosphere as it pushes down on earth’s surface
6. Wind-The horizontal ______of air from areas of high to low air pressure
7. Corioles Effect-Is the result of the earth’s ______rotation, causing a curvature to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern
8. Global (Major) Winds-winds that blow steadily from ______directions over long distances
9. Doldrums-Windless zone of the earth that is located in the __ to __degree latitudes
10. Trade Winds-Blow from ______to ______and are located between 5 to 30 degrees North or South latitude
11. Prevailing Westerlies- Blow from ______to ______located between 30 to 60 degrees north or south latitude
12. Polar Easterlies-Blow from east to west and are located between _____ to _____ degrees north or south latitude
13. Local (Minor) Winds-Local winds= winds that blow over ______distances
14. Jet Stream-Narrow belts of strong winds in the ______troposphere
15. Sea Breeze-Cold winds blowing from the ______to the ______
16. Land Breeze-Cold winds blowing from the ______to the ______
17. Monsoon- Sea or land breezes that cover a large area and change direction with the ______
18. Water Cycle-Continuous movement of ______between the atmosphere and the surface
19. Evaporation-The process of liquids turning to ______
20. Condensation-The process of a gas turning into a ______
21. Precipitation-Water drops that ______from the clouds because the clouds could no longer support them
22. Ground Water / Run-off-Replaces the water that has ______
23. Humidity-The amount of water in the ______
24. Relative Humidity-Compares the actual amount of water vapor in the air with the ______amount of water vapor the air can hold at a ______temperature
25. Saturation -When air contains as much ______as possible
26. Dew Point -The temperature at which air is ______and water vapor in the air condenses.