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| jet stream | a narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere |
| land breeze | the movement of air from land to sea at night |
| sea breeze | movement of air from sea to land during the day |
| ozone layer | a layer of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone |
| atmosphere | air surround the Earth |
| troposphere | the level of the atmosphere in which human beings live |
| Coriolis effect | causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's rotation |
| ocean current | a mass movement or flow of ocean water |
| radiation | energy transferred by waves or rays |
| convection | transfer of heat by the flow of material |
| ionosphere | a layer of electrically charged particles in the thermosphere and Mesosphere |
| conduction | transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into each other |
| prevailing westerlies | the winds that are responsible for much of the weather movement across the US |
| polar easterlies | surface winds found near the poles |
| chlorofluorocarbons | polluntants from Earth that are damaging the ozone layer |
| thermosphere | the warmest layer of Earth's atmosphere |
| surface currents | the currents that are powered by wind |
| doldrums | the windless rainy zone near the equator |
| trade winds | steady winds located between the equator and 30 degrees latitude |
