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Influences on Weather and Climate Vocab

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altitudedistance from sea level
atmospheric circulationlarge-scale movement of air around Earth
climatethe usual weather patterns for a certain region (area)
coriolis effectthe likely change of moving air, as seen by a viewer on Earth, happens because of Earth’s rotation
latitudea North-South position of a location on Earth’s surface
ocean currentsa direction that ocean water moves based on different things
regional geographythe study of specific regions (areas) of Earth
rotate/rotationto spin around on an axis, the spinning of Earth on its axis causes day and night to happen
weatherthe day-to-day state of the atmosphere


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