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- The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
- The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air.
- The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another.
- An instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
- The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.
- An instrument used to measure wind speed.
- An instrument used to measure relative humidity
- The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
- The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to another area of low pressure.
- A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
- The trapping of heat near a planet's Surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere.
- The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
- The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
- The relatively thin layer of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer.
- The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
- An instrument that measures air pressure using a partially evacuated chamber is called a(n)
- The underlying cause of wind is ________ of Earth's surface.
- If Earth's surface were uniform, ________ belt(s) of pressure oriented east to west would exist in each hemisphere.
- are small-scale winds produced by a locally generated pressure gradient.
- In general, regions influenced by high pressure, with its associated subsidence and divergent winds, experience ________ conditions