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Atmosphere Vocab

Atmosphere Vocab

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Science

9th Grade

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Easy

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Melissa Laureigh

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

High Pressure

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sinking air, often associated with clear skies and calm weather

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Low Pressure

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Back

rising air, often associated with clouds and precipitation.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

El Nino

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Back

Decreased Trade Winds, increased westerly winds, hot & dry conditions in Australia & Indonesia and warm, wet weather in North and South America

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Polar Cell

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Back

A circulation pattern in the atmosphere formed by the movement of air between the poles and 60 degrees latitude

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Hadley Cell

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Back

A large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks 30° north or south.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Ferrel Cell

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Back

A mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell, located between the Hadley and Polar cells.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Coriolis Effect

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The deflection of moving objects (like wind) due to the rotation of the Earth, causing them to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

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