Weather Part 3: Vocab Review

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Images revealing info like cloud formation and tropical system development

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Satellite images

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Air moves from high to low pressure

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Wind

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Global wind belt blowing cold air west in polar regions

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Polar Winds

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Cold areas year-round, from 60° latitude to poles.

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Polar Climate

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Distance north/south of the equator

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Latitude

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Map showing weather over a large area

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Weather Map

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Large circular belts of wind around the Earth in a specific direction

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Global Winds

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Global wind belt with winds blowing west to east in temperate regions

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Prevailing Westerlies

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Fast-moving air ribbon from west to east, shifting position and bringing cold air from the north.

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Jet Stream

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Physical features of land

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Topography