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