| A | B |
|---|
| Doldrums | area of little or no winds around the equator |
| NE Trade Winds | winds that blow east to west toward the equator in the northern hemisphere |
| SE Trade Winds | winds that blow east to west toward the equator in the southern hemisphere |
| westerlies | winds that blow toward the poles from west to east in the middle latitudes in both hemispheres |
| easterlies | winds that blow from east to west toward the equator from the poles in both hemispheres |
| northern hemisphere | 1/2 of the Earth above the equator |
| southern hemisphere | 1/2 of the Earth below the equator |
| equator | imaginary line splitting the Earth in 1/2 north & south |
| prime meridian | imaginary line cutting the Earth in 1/2 east & west running through the Atlantic ocean |
| north pole | northern most point on the prime meridian |
| south pole | southern most point on the prime meridian |
