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Wind – air that moves horizontally. convection cell – a pattern of rising and falling air, sinking air, and winds caused by unequal heating and cooling.

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1 wind – air that moves horizontally

2 convection cell – a pattern of rising and falling air, sinking air, and winds caused by unequal heating and cooling of the air

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5 sea breeze – a wind that blows from the sea toward the land

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7 land breeze – a wind that blows from the land toward the sea

8 sea breezes vs. land breezes

9 Coriolis effect – no matter which way the wind blows, it will always pull toward the right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in southern hemisphere.

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11 isobar – a line on a map connecting places with equal air pressure

12 westerlies – Winds that curve to the west as a result of the Coriolis Effect and high pressure north and south of the equator.

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14 easterlies – Winds that curve to the east as a result of the Coriolis Effect.

15 air mass – A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties.

16 front – The boundary where two different air masses meet (they don’t mix.)


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