Winds
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wind vocabulary ect.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 wind | is the movement of parallel air to Earth's surface |
| anemometer | a type of instrument used to measure wind speed |
| windchill factor | the increased cooling that a wind can cause |
| local winds | are winds that blow over short distances |
| sea breeze | a local wind that blows from an ocean or lake |
| land breeze | flow of air from land to a body of water *caused by: unequal heating on Earth's surface |
| global winds | winds the blow steadily from specific directions over long distances *caused by: unequal heating on Earth's surface |
| coriolis effect | the way earth's rotation makes winds curve *without it winds would blow in a straight line |
| Latitude | the distance from the equatior measured in degrees |
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