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Climate and Weather
GPS S6E4 Unit IV Lessons 13-15
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6th Grade
02/28/2007

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Weather
Definition
A process in the atmosphere that changes over short periods of time.
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Climate
Definition
The weather that is in a place most of the timemost of the time or over a long period of time.
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Air mass
Definition
A huge chunk of warm or cold air that moves across Earth's surface.
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Convection current
Definition
Circular movement of a liquid or gas that transfers heat from one place to another.
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Density
Definition
The mass of an object in a certain volume, or mass divided by volume.
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Eye (of a hurricane)
Definition
The central clear and calm "tube" of a hurricane.
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Global wind
Definition
A wind that blows almost constantly over a long distance in a predictible direction.
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Hurricane
Definition
A very large tropical storm whose winds move at more than 119 km/h.
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Land breeze
Definition
Movement of cool air from land to sea.
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sea breeze
Definition
movement of cool air from sea to shore.
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Tornado
Definition
A swiftly turning, very low-pressure funnel of air.
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Tropical cyclone
Definition
A general term for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, and eastern Pacific Ocean, typhoons in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and cyclones in the Indian Ocean.
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Tropical depression
Definition
An area of low pressure over oceans near the equator.
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Visible light
Definition
Light you can see.
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