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RANDOM
LOCAL
WINDS
GLOBAL
WINDS
AIR
MASSES
FRONTS
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The name for a narrow
belts of winds in the
upper atmosphere that
can reach more than
400km/h.
What are Jet streams?
The principle that
causes curving of the
winds due to the
rotation of the Earth.
What is the Coriolis
Effect?
This is caused by the uneven
heating of the Earth’s surface
by the sun due to geography,
such as land masses or bodies
of water, elevation, or
differences in temperature.
What is wind?
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The name of the cloud at
the indicated position.
What is cumulus?
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The name of the
indicated cloud.
What is stratus or fog?
The name of a local
wind which flows from
the ocean toward the
land.
What is a sea breeze?
The local wind that flows from the land to the
sea.
What is a land breeze?
The name of the breeze
that flows from the
mountain top to the
valley.
What is a mountain
breeze?
The breeze that flows
from the valley to the
mountain top.
What is a valley
breeze?
Local breezes and
winds occur because
air tends to move from
areas of higher to
lower ___________.
What is pressure?
The name
of the global
winds at the
area
indicated by
the arrow.
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What are Westerlies?
The name of
the global
winds at the
area
indicated by
the arrow.
What are Polar
Easterlies?
The name
of the
global
winds in
the area
indicated
by the
arrow.
What are the
Southeastern Trade
Winds?
The name
of the
global
winds in
the area
indicated
by the
arrow.
What are the
Northeastern Trade
Winds?
The name
of the
global
wind
indicated
by the
arrow.
What are the
doldrums?
The location where a
continental polar mass
would form?
What is over extreme
Northern or Southern
land mass such as
Canada, Antarctica, or
the Arctic Circle?
The two things that are
indicated by the name
of an air mass.
What are the moisture
and temperature?
The name that
indicates an air mass
formed over the land
at or near the equator.
What is continental
tropical (cT)?
Describe the moisture
and content of cP air
mass and tell where it
might form.
What is dry & cold
and would form over a
polar land mass such
as Antarctica, Canada,
or the Arctic Circle?
.
Describe the conditions
of a mP air mass and
where it might form.
What is wet & cold
and would form over
the northern or
extreme southern parts
of an ocean.
The term form the
boundary between two
air masses.
What is a front?
The type of front that
brings lots of rain or
snow.
What is an occluded
front?
The type of front that
is indicated by this
symbol.
What is a warm front?
The type of front that
is indicated by the
following symbol.
What is a stationary
front?
The front which is indicated by this
symbol.
What is a cold front?