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Modeling Desert Winds Vocabulary 5

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Low pressurehaving or involving a low or below-normal pressure
Migrationa number or body of persons or animals migrating together
Sedimentmineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice
Humidityhumid condition; moistness; dampness
Respirationthe act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing
Transpirationan action or instance of transpiring
Air currentsa mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere; steady, smooth onward movement
ChinooksA moist warm wind blowing from the sea in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest
Monsoonany persistent wind established between water and adjoining land
Anemometerany instrument for measuring the speed of wind
Altitudethe height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, esp. above sea level on earth
Prevailing westerlieswest-to-east winds that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
Polar easterlieswinds at the highest latitudes that blow in one direction all year
High pressurehaving or involving a pressure above the normal


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