Earth vocabulary

1. is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño
4. fluid or gas particles from one place to another
6. The trade winds or easterlies are the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds
7. volume of air defined by its temperature
9. is the temperature at or near a surface
10. is the emission or transmission of energy
13. is essentially a clockwise flow of dry, sinking air
15. pattern of circulation in the atmosphere with associated weather
17. Southern Oscillation and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, including the area off the Pacific coast of South America
18. together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico
19. is used differently, and often loosely, in different contexts
20. map showing the state of the weather over a large area
22. is the amount of water vapor in the air.
24. also known as electromagnetic radiation
25. is radiant light and heat from the Sun
26. prevailing winds from the west toward the east

1. has lower pressure at its center than the areas around it
2. boundary of an advancing mass of warm air
3. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
4. low-pressure system.
5. winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet
8. are winds that blow consistently in a given direction over a particular region on Earth.
11. the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth
12. climatic tendency the climate, the air conditions
14. are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity
16. are fast flowing, narrow, meandering, air currents in the atmospheres
21. tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center
23. average weather in a given area over a longer period of time.