Weather and Climate

Winds that move toward the poles and appear to curve from west to east

• jet stream

• air mass

• prevailing westerlies

• Coriolis Effect

Transfer of thermal energy in a fluid (gas or liquid), such as air or water; warm air rises and cold air sinks

• convection currents

• meteorologist

• evaporation

• climate

The changing of water from a gas to a liquid

• crystallization

• condensation

• climate

• atmosphere

Bodies of air extending over large areas (1,000 miles or more) that develop and retain specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity

• atmospheric circulation

• Coriolis Effect

• air mass

• transpiration

Scientists who study the atmosphere

• atmosphere

• trade winds

• altitude

• meteorologist

Fronts are boundaries between air masses of different temperatures

• weather

• ocean currents

• atmosphere

• weather fronts

Winds that blow steadily across the Earth in paths that are thousands of kilometers long

• global winds

• trade winds

• Coriolis Effect

• salinity

The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to leaves, where it changes to water vapor and is released into the atmosphere

• condensation

• transpiration

• crystallization

• evaporation

Statistical weather information that describes the changes of weather at a given place for a long interval such as months or years (usually over a 30-year period)

• weather

• atmosphere

• altitude

• climate

The deflection of a moving mass of water, air, etc. to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere

• Coriolis Effect

• atmospheric circulation

• polar easterlies

• jet stream