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What Causes Weather Vocab List ENTRY #12 1. Weather 2. Radiation 3. Conduction 4. Convection 5. Air Pressure 6. Wind 7. Corioles Effect 8. Global (Major) Winds 9. Doldrums 10. Trade Winds 11. Prevailing Westerlies 12. Polar Easterlies 13. Local (Minor) Winds 14. Jet Stream 15. Sea Breeze 16. Land Breeze 17. Monsoon 18. Water Cycle 19. Evaporation 20. Condensation 21. Precipitation 22. Ground Water / Run-off 23. Humidity 24. Relative Humidity 25. Saturation 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.