Science

• Doldrum - A low pressure area
• Trade winds - winds that blow east to west just north and south of the equator
• Barometer - measures speed of the wind
• anemometer - measures wind direction
• humidity - measure of moisture
• precipitation - form of moisture
• movement of air - wind
• force exerted on or against an obejct - pressure
• large body of air that has charactiristic - air mass
• factors affecting weather patterns in Phils - air mass, moonson
• climate - hot and humid or cool and dry
• inter-tropical convergence zone - a band of low pressure around the earth, lies near the equator
• The boundary between two air masses of different densities - front (cold,warm,accluded,stationary)
• Boundary along a warm air mass pushing out cold air mass - warm front
• boundary along the leading edge - cold air front
• occluded weather - forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air mass
• stationary weather - form of weather that is not changing or moving
• front - zone between two different air masses at earths surface
• horse latitude - calm winds
• coriolis affect - caused by the eraths rotation
• prevailing winds- winds that blow from one direction for a long period of time