Here are the vocabulary words matched with their correct definitions:
- Local Winds - winds that blow over a limited area
- Coriolis Effect - causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth’s rotation
- Sea Breeze - movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land, forcing the heated, less dense air above the land to rise
- Land Breeze - winds that blow from land to sea at night due to cooling of the land, creating higher pressure over the land than over the water
- Anemometer - an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas
- Jet Stream - narrow belt of strong winds that blow near the top of the troposphere
- Rotation - spinning of earth on its imaginary axis, which takes about 24 hours to complete and causes day and night to occur
- Wind - the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction
- Wind Chill Factor - the lowering of felt air temperature due to the flow of air (wind)
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