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Global Circulation System
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The term used to describe the deflection of air movement by the earth's rotation
Coriolis Effect
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Name the cells labelled C
Polar Cells
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What layer of the atmosphere are the jet streams?
Troposphere
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Name the winds that blow towards equator?
Trade winds
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Name the stream that brings warm water from the Caribbean Sea to the UK across the Atlantic
Gulf Sream
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Another name for temperature?
Thermo
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Name a latitude line that has high air pressure & explain why.
Either tropics or Poles
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A term for a fast moving current of air in the upper atmosphere at circulation cells
Jet streams
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What direction do the Trade winds blow in?
East
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Name the current that brings cold water from Southern Chile North to Peru & supports lots of marine life
Humboldt Current
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Name a latitude line that has low air pressure & explain why.
Equator
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Name the cells labelled A
Hadley Cells
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Another name for saline (salty)?
Haline
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Which gas molecules will rise?
Right-hot air
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Name the winds that blow from the tropics (30) to 60 degrees latitude.
Westerlies
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Which is hot air/which is cold air (use left/right directions)
Left-cold air/right-hot air
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What is the name for the latitude line 30 degrees South of the Equator?
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What is the name for the latitude line 30 degrees North of the Equator?
Tropic of Cancer
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Name the cells labelled B
Ferrel Cells
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Another name for deep ocean currents
Thermohaline circulation:
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