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