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| 5546722162 | albedo | percentage of sunlight reflected off of a surface | 0 | |
| 5546722163 | saturation point | maximum amount of water vapor that can be in the air at a given temperature | 1 | |
| 5546722164 | adiabatic cooling | lower pressure causing air to expand in volume so lowers the temp in the air | 2 | |
| 5546722165 | adiabatic heating | air sinking gets higher pressure causing the air to decrease in volume and raises the pressure of the air | 3 | |
| 5546722166 | latent heat release | whenever water vapor in the atmosphere condenses, the air will become warmer and the warm air will rise | 4 | |
| 5546722167 | Polar cells | similar to Hadley cells at 60* N anD South and falls at 90*N and S | 5 | |
| 5546722168 | Intertropical convergence zone ITZC | Where the sun is directly hitting the earth. changes between 23.5N to 23.5 S throughout the year. Hadley cells are formed around it. this causes seasonal precipitation in the tropics | 6 | |
| 5546722169 | Coriolis | deflection of an objects path due to Earths rotation | 7 | |
| 5546722170 | Gyres | large scale patterns of water circulation like the clockwise in north and counter in south | 8 | |
| 5546722171 | upwelling | upward movement of water toward the surface due to divergence near the west coasts of most continents. Deep waters rise to replace water being moved away and bring nutrients and therefore fish arrive | 9 | |
| 5546722172 | thermohaline circulation | water traveling from the ocean surfave and to the floor due to changes in salinity after evaporation. Salt=cold. this connects all of the oceans | 10 | |
| 5546722173 | El Niño | trade winds reverse in the pacific causing warm water to move from east to west. this prevents upwelling of cold deep water on the west coasts 3-7 years dry weather in africa and southeast Asia and wet cool conditions in the US | 11 | |
| 5546722174 | mangrove trees | salt tolerant and protects coast line from erosion and storm damage | 12 | |
| 5546731172 | intertidal zone | narrow band of coastline that exist between the levels of high tide and low tide; tidepools | 13 |
