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| The tendency to float caused by a fluid opposing an objects weight. |
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| The effect that causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth’s rotation. |
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| An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. |
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The measure of the mass of an object divided by its volume.
D = m/v |
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| A large, severe storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of at least 120 km/hr, and loses power when it reaches land. |
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| A narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere. |
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| The movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land, forcing the heated, less dense air above the land to rise. |
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| The movement of air from land to sea at night, created when cooler, denser air from the land forces up warmer air over the sea. |
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| A violent, whirling windstorm that crosses land in a narrow path and can result from wind shears inside a thunderhead. |
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| Air moving in a specific direction. |
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