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Weather and Oceans

What causes winds?
How can you predict the weather?
How and why do oceans move?
What lies beneath the waves?

AB
Humidityamount of water vapor in air
Atmospherethe earth's air
Tropospherelayer of air where weather occurs
Air Pressurepush of the air
Air Massbody of air with same temp. & humidity
Frontleading edge of air mass
Cold Frontleading edge of cold air mass
Warm Frontleading edge of warm air mass
Stationary Fronttwo fronts lock together
Hydrospherewater on earth and in the air
Salinityamount of salt in the water
Water Pressureforce caused by weight of water above
Wavesurface water movement caused by wind
Tideslow change in water level
Currentriver of water moving through the ocean
Sonarsystem used to find or map underwater
Thermal Ventsfountains of hot water on the ocean floor


Betty Grusy

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