Weather Vocab One

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Winds from the West moving towards the poles are...

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Prevailing Westerlies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Winds towards the equator are...

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Trade Winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Wind from the East of the poles moving to the equator, curving West.

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Polar Easterlies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Helps move storms across the country from West to East at the top of the Troposphere.

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Jet Streams

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Land heats more than nearby water; air moves from water to land.

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Sea Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Land cools more than nearby water; air moves from land to water.

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Land Breeze

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

Heat movement via molecule contact is...

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Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Front

Air warmed at Earth's surface rises, replaced by cooler sinking air.

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Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Earth's spin makes winds appear to turn:

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The Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.

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Troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5