| A | B |
| Coriolis Effect | Bending of objects due to Earth's rotation |
| wind | horizontal movement of air |
| land breeze | occurs at night; blowing out to sea |
| sea breeze | occurs during day; blowing inland |
| anemometer | measures wind speed |
| wind vane | locates direction that wind is blowing from |
| isobar | connecting places with equal pressure |
| fujita | scale used to measure tornadoes |
| westerlies | winds prevailing from west in US |
| updraft | air moving upward |
| trade | winds common in tropical regions |
| convection cell | circular rising and falling of air |
| clockwise | rotation of high pressure in N. hemisphere |
| counter clockwise | rotation of draining water in N. hemisphere |