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