8.10C Vocabulary Terms

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air mass

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a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar

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Coriolis effect

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the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth’s rotation

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cyclone

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an area in the atmosphere that has lower pressure than the surrounding areas and has winds that spiral toward the center

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hurricane

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a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 119 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

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ocean current

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a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern

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typhoon

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a severe tropical cyclone that forms on the western Pacific Ocean and on the China Seas; a hurricane

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climate

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the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

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energy transfer

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the movement of energy from one object or place to another

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energy transformation

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the process of energy changing from one form into another

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weather

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a short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility