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Air Pressure and Wind Chapter 10, Lesson 6

wind convection cells sea breeze land breeze Coriolis effect isobar hygrometer thermometer rain gauge weather vane anemometer barometer high pressure system low pressure system El Nino/La Nina Jet Stream Gulf Stream. Air Pressure and Wind Chapter 10, Lesson 6.

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Air Pressure and Wind Chapter 10, Lesson 6

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  1. wind convection cells sea breeze land breeze Coriolis effect isobar hygrometer thermometer rain gauge weather vane anemometer barometer high pressure system low pressure system El Nino/La Nina Jet Stream Gulf Stream Air Pressure and Wind Chapter 10, Lesson 6

  2. wind – air that moves horizontally

  3. convection cell – a pattern of rising and falling air, sinking air, and winds caused by unequal heating and cooling of the air

  4. convection cell – a pattern of rising and falling air, sinking air, and winds caused by unequal heating and cooling of the air

  5. convection cell – a pattern of rising and falling air, sinking air, and winds caused by unequal heating and cooling of the air

  6. sea breeze – a wind that blows from the sea toward the land

  7. sea breeze – a wind that blows from the sea toward the land

  8. land breeze – a wind that blows from the land toward the sea

  9. sea breezes vs. land breezes

  10. Coriolis effect – no matter which way the wind blows, it will always pull toward the right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in southern hemisphere.

  11. Coriolis effect – no matter which way the wind blows, it will always pull toward the right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in southern hemisphere.

  12. isobar – a line on a map connecting places with equal air pressure

  13. hygrometer - an instrument that measures relative humidity.

  14. thermometer - an instrument that measures temperature

  15. rain gauge - an instrument that measures temperature

  16. weather vane- an instrument that wind direction

  17. anemometer - an instrument that measures wind SPEED

  18. barometer - an instrument that measures air pressure

  19. low pressure system- a weather system that usually brings rainy weather.

  20. high pressure system – a weather system that brings fair weather.

  21. El Nino - an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, is one part of what's called the Southern Oscillation. http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/intro.html http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/el-nino/?ar_a=1

  22. El Nino - an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, is one part of what's called the Southern Oscillation. http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/intro.html http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/el-nino/?ar_a=1

  23. La Nina - an irregularly occurring movement of deep cold water to the ocean surface along the western coast of South America that often occurs after an El Niño and that disrupts weather patterns especially in a manner opposite that of an El Niño http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/la-nina/?ar_a=1

  24. Jet Stream - a long narrow wandering current of high-speed winds blowing from a generally westerly direction several miles above the earth's surface http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/jet-stream/?ar_a=1

  25. Gulf Stream - warm current of the Atlantic Ocean flowing from Gulf of Mexico NE along coast of U.S. to Nantucket Island and from there eastward http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/jet-stream/?ar_a=1

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