front 1 ![]() Atmospheric Movement | back 1 Global air circulation within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiated from Earth; influenced by convection of warm, less dense air (rises and spreads out) and cold, dense air (sinks) |
front 2 ![]() Climate | back 2 Average weather patterns for a particular region |
front 3 ![]() Convection | back 3 Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids. |
front 4 ![]() Convection Current | back 4 A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid. |
front 5 ![]() Coriolis Effect | back 5 The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earth's rotation. |
front 6 ![]() Density | back 6 The amount of matter in a given space or volume |
front 7 ![]() Global | back 7 Relating to the whole world |
front 8 ![]() Ocean Currents | back 8 Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences. |
front 9 ![]() Rotation | back 9 The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur |
front 10 ![]() Salinity | back 10 Saltiness of dissolved salt content of a body of water |
front 11 ![]() Temperature | back 11 Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit) |