Matching Pairs topic 7 weather part 2 winds and air pressureOnline version match the term to the defintion by Susan Brown 1 lowest zone of the atmosphere where people live 2 difference in air pressure for a specific distance 3 horizontal movement of air parallel to Earth's surface 4 instrument used to measure wind speed 5 easterly moving air at the top of the troposphere; convection cells anemometer wind jet streams troposphere air pressure gradient 1 extreme weather changes caused by the shifting wind and pressure belts in parts of Asia and India; seasonal very high rain and winds 2 series of zones where winds move primarily in a specific direction over time; in the Northern Hemisphere to the right 3 wind from the direction that is most common at a particular place or season. 4 cause of spinning directions of winds; counterclockwise in southern hemisphere and clockwise in northern hemisphere 5 high wind speeds 6 low wind speeds steep pressure gradient; close isobars planetary wind belts prevailing winds Coriolis effect far apart isobars monsoons 1 in the northern hemisphere highs spin 2 large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture and temperature 3 in the northern hemisphere lows spin 4 high pressure with wind blowing away from the center 5 low pressure with wind blowing toward the center 6 where two air masses of different characteristics meet air mass clockwise away from center anticyclone cyclone front counterclockwise toward center 1 boundary of an advancing warm air mass and a retreating cold air mass 2 boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass 3 ever-changing boundary between the cold air masses of the poles and the warmer air masses of the equator 4 boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses that lift a warm air mass causing mid latitude cyclones 5 when two adjacent air masses stay in the same place stationary fronts warm front occluded front polar front cold front
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