LESSON 5 GLOSSARY TERMS

1
LESSON 5 GLOSSARY TERMS

• CONVECTION THE MOVEMENT OF HEAT THROUGH THE AIR
• THERMALS RISING AIR POCKETS
• WIND THE MOVING PART OF THE CONVECTION CURRENT
• CONVECTION CURRENT THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF
  WARM AIR UPWARD AND COOL AIR DOWNWARD DUE TO THE
  UNEVEN HEATING OF THE EARTHS SURFACES

2

• SEA BREEZE THE FLOW OF AIR FROM A BODY OF WATER
  TO THE LAND
• LAND BREEZE THE FLOW OF AIR FROM THE LAND TO A
  BODY OF WATER
• SQUALL LINE SEVERAL CELLS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN A
  ROW
• FRONT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO AIR MASSES

3

• WEATHER FRONT A BOUNDARY THAT FORMS WHEN AIR
  MASSES MEET THAT HAVE DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE,
  PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS.
• AIR MASS A BODY OF AIR WITH THE SAME
  TEMPERATURE ANDMOISTURE THROUGHOUT.

4

• AIR MASS A BODY OF AIR WITH THE SAME
  TEMPERATURE ANDMOISTURE THROUGHOUT.