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Air Pressure

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Coriolis EffectBending of objects due to Earth's rotation
windhorizontal movement of air
land breezeoccurs at night; blowing out to sea
sea breezeoccurs during day; blowing inland
anemometermeasures wind speed
wind vanelocates direction that wind is blowing from
isobarconnecting places with equal pressure
fujitascale used to measure tornadoes
westerlieswinds prevailing from west in US
updraftair moving upward
tradewinds common in tropical regions
convection cellcircular rising and falling of air
clockwiserotation of high pressure in N. hemisphere
counter clockwiserotation of draining water in N. hemisphere

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