| A | B |
|---|
| Sea Breeze | local wind from water to land during the day |
| Valley Breeze | local wind from valley up mountain during the day |
| Monsoon | wet/rainy season....Summer months |
| Daytime | when a sea breeze or valley breeze occurs |
| Drought | period of very little rain....winter months |
| Nighttime | when a land breeze occurs |
| Summer | season of monsoons |
| Winter | season of droughts |
| Land | heats up and cools down very fast |
| water | takes a long time to heat up or cool down |
| unequal heating | the reason we have global and local winds |
| doldrums | weak wind belt at the equator |
| trade winds | strong winds that occur between 0° - 30° in each hemisphere |
| prevailing winds | steady winds belt that is found from 40° to 60° in each hemisphere |
| polar winds | weak winds found in each hemisphere between 60° - 90° |
| 0° - 30° | location of the trade winds in each hemisphere |
| 40° - 60° | location of the prevailing westerlies in each hemisphere |
| direct contact | how energy is transferred in conduction |
| electromagnetic waves | how energy is transferred through radiation |
| horse latitudes | the nickname for 30° |
| coriolis effect | the bending of winds in either hemisphere due to the rotation of the earth |
| greenhouse effect | the warming of the earth's surface and atmosphere due to heating from the sun's rays |
| carbon dioxide | 0.3% of our atmosphere's compotion |
| atmosphere | the collection of gases that surround the earth |
| biosphere | all the living organisms on the earth |
| hydrosphere | all of the water included in the earth system |
| oxygen | composes 21% of the atmosphere |
| land breeze | local wind that moves from land to sea at night |
| thermosphere | the outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere where temperature rises and there are very few particles |
| nitrogen | most abundant element in our atmosphere |
| wind | moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure |
| water vapor | composes 0-4% of our atmostphere |
| global wind | major wind belts that occur on the earth due to unequal pressure |
| 21% | amount of oxygen in our atmosphere |
| 0-4% | amount of water vapor in our atmosphere |
| 0.3% | amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere |
| air pressure | the pulling of the atmosphere toward earth due to gravity |
| gravity | the cause of air pressure |
| troposphere | the lowest layer of the atmosphere |
| tropopause | the dividing line between the troposphere and the stratosphere |
| stratosphere | the second layer of the atmosphere which contains the ozone layer |
| stratopuase | dividing line between the stratosphere and mesosphere |
| mesosphere | layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up (third layer) |
| mesopause | dividing line between the mesosphere and thermosphere |
| ionosphere | sublayer of the thermosphere where auroras occur |
| exosphere | outermost layer of the thermosphere with no definite ending point |
| ozone layer | located at the top of the stratosphere and absorbs uv radiation |
| radiation | transfer of heat in the form of electromagnetic waves |
| convection | transfer of energy in a fluid |
| conduction | transfer of energy through direct contact |
| equator | where the doldrums are located |
| in a fluid | where convection occurs |
| 60°-90° | location of the polar winds in each hemisphere |
| jet stream | fast moving current of air within the troposphere that impacts weather |
| currents | up down movement of air in the atmosphere |
| 78% | amount of the atmosphere composed of nitrogen |
| local wind | small winds that are caused by unequal heating of land and water |
