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| 8234802131 | Rain Shadow | A region with dry conditions found on the leeward (side away from wind) of a mountain range as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing precipitation on the windward side. | 0 | |
| 8234816374 | Coriolis Effect | The deflection of an object's path due to the rotation of the Earth. | 1 | |
| 8234823314 | Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) | The latitude that receives the most intense sunlight, which causes the ascending branches of the two Hadley cells to converge. (tropics) | 2 | |
| 8234831603 | Hadley Cell | A convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the equator and 30ºN and 30ºS. | 3 | |
| 8234865197 | Saturation Point | The maximum amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature. | 4 | |
| 8234871486 | Adiabatic Cooling | The cooling effect of reduced pressure on the air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and expands. | 5 | |
| 8234877293 | Adiabatic Heating | The heating effect of increased pressure on the air as it sinks toward the surface of the Earth and decreases in volume. | 6 | |
| 8234888553 | Latent Heat Release | The release of energy when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into liquid water. | 7 | |
| 8234895263 | Atmospheric Convection Current | Global patterns of air movement that are initiated by the unequal heating of Earth. | 8 | |
| 8234903351 | Lakeville, CT - Prevailing Winds? | Westerly (left to right) | 9 | |
| 8234905926 | Air pressure | as air rises higher, the pressure on it decreases | 10 | |
| 8234912010 | Gyre | A large-scale pattern of water circulation that moves clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. | 11 | |
| 8234919174 | Evidence for Global Warming | Sea shells in sediment, Ice core slices. | 12 | |
| 8234924477 | Natural Sources of GHG | Volcanic Eruptions and Decomposition | 13 | |
| 8234927882 | Ultra-Violet | Not visible to human eye, short-wave radiation, absorbed in the ozone layer. | 14 | |
| 8234935490 | Infared-light | Not visible, long-wave radiation | 15 | |
| 8234937174 | Visible light | visible, short-wave | 16 | |
| 8234943339 | Albedo | A measure for reflectance or optimal brightness of a surface. The fraction of solar energy reflected from the Earth back into space. | 17 | |
| 8234950246 | Insolation | The solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface. More insolation = higher temperature | 18 | |
| 8234954706 | Obliquity (tilt) | measuring the tilt of the ecliptic compared to the celestial equator. | 19 | |
| 8234959692 | Eccentricity | how circular an object is | 20 | |
| 8234962075 | Reinforcing Loop | An action produces a result which influences more of the same action | 21 | |
| 8234967375 | Balancing Loop | Attempts to move some current state to a desired state through some action | 22 | |
| 8234972706 | Positive Feedback | Accelerates a temperature rise | 23 | |
| 8234976752 | Negative Feedback | Decelerates a temperature rise | 24 |