Geo-B Chapter 16 Weather Factors

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Weather instrument used to measure wind speed

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anemometer

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High altitude, thin wispy clouds made up of ice crystals

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cirrus

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When a gas changes to a liquid

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condensation

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Transfer of heat through objects in contact

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conduction

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The transfer of heat in a fluid

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convection

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Effect of Earth's rotation, causing objects and fluids to bend to the right in the Northern Hemisphere

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Coriolis Effect

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Puffy, cotton ball clouds that occur at lower altitudes

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cumulus

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Temperature when the air is saturated and condensation occurs

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dew point

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Form of energy that can travel through space

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electromagnetic waves

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Process where liquid becomes a gas

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evaporation