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SDPC 6th Science Weather Vocab List #3

Vocabulary list created for 6th grade science teachers in the School District of Pickens County, Pickens, South Carolina. Vocab set #3
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  1. solar energy
    energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
  2. greenhouse effect
    warming due to solar radiation trapped by the atmosphere
  3. climatic zone
    any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
  4. trade wind
    steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
  5. solar wind
    a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
  6. jet stream
    a high-speed air current blowing constantly high above the earth
  7. westerly
    the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
  8. prevailing
    most frequent or common
  9. surface
    the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
  10. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
Created on 十月 4, 2011 (updated 十月 4, 2011)

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