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| Rises, because it's less dense and forms low pressure |
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| Sinks, because it's more dense and forms high pressure |
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(the Child)
An interaction between global winds and ocean currents
It causes warm weather current towards the west coast of the Americas |
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| Caused by unequal heating of the Earth and the rotation of the Earth (counter clockwise) |
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Causes global winds to curve
northern hemisphere- curves left
southern hemisphere- curves right |
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| How do global winds help the Earth? |
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| They help distribute the Earth's temperature evenly |
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(A type of global wind)
Narrow belts of strong, high speed air (there are more than 1 jet stream)
flows from west to east
directs our weather by pushing our weather systems to the east |
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| Named according to the direction from which they blow |
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| How do the sea/land breezes work? |
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The land gains and loses heat rapidly
The water gains and loses heat slower than the land
DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE = WIND |
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| Seasonal large land/sea breeze; causes rainy seasons and dry seasons due to the geography of the land and the direction the wind blows |
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| How do valley/mountain breezes work? |
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The thin, less dense air in the higher elevations gains and loses heat rapidly
the more dense air in the valley gains and loses heat slower
DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE = WIND |
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| How are El Nino and La Nina caused? |
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| A seasonal current of cold water similar to El Nino |
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