Relier Pairs topic 7 weather part 2 winds and air pressureVersion en ligne match the term to the defintion par Susan Brown 1 horizontal movement of air parallel to Earth's surface 2 instrument used to measure wind speed 3 lowest zone of the atmosphere where people live 4 easterly moving air at the top of the troposphere; convection cells 5 difference in air pressure for a specific distance jet streams troposphere wind air pressure gradient anemometer 1 low wind speeds 2 series of zones where winds move primarily in a specific direction over time; in the Northern Hemisphere to the right 3 high wind speeds 4 wind from the direction that is most common at a particular place or season. 5 cause of spinning directions of winds; counterclockwise in southern hemisphere and clockwise in northern hemisphere 6 extreme weather changes caused by the shifting wind and pressure belts in parts of Asia and India; seasonal very high rain and winds prevailing winds Coriolis effect steep pressure gradient; close isobars planetary wind belts far apart isobars monsoons 1 in the northern hemisphere highs spin 2 low pressure with wind blowing toward the center 3 where two air masses of different characteristics meet 4 in the northern hemisphere lows spin 5 high pressure with wind blowing away from the center 6 large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture and temperature front anticyclone cyclone clockwise away from center counterclockwise toward center air mass 1 when two adjacent air masses stay in the same place 2 boundary of an advancing warm air mass and a retreating cold air mass 3 ever-changing boundary between the cold air masses of the poles and the warmer air masses of the equator 4 boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses that lift a warm air mass causing mid latitude cyclones 5 boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass occluded front stationary fronts polar front cold front warm front
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