7th Grade Vocabulary - Part 2

Climate conditions within a small area that differ from those in the surrounding area.

• climate
• microclimate
• weather
• global warming

Sea or land breeze over a large region that changes direction with the seasons.

• La Nina
• El Nino
• monsoon
• typhoon

A climate even in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.

• La Nina
• El Nino
• monsoons
• typhoons

A climate event in the Pacific Ocean in which winds shift and push warm water toward South America.

• La Nina
• El Nino
• monsoons
• typhoons

The average year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds in an area.

• climate
• microclimate
• weather
• global warming

Gas in the atmosphere that trap energy.

• ozone layer
• global warming
• atmosphere
• greenhouse gas

Chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion.

• chlorocarbons
• fluorocarbons
• chlorofluorocarbons
• worochlorofluoroborocarbons

A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere.

• global warming
• greenhouse gases
• El Nino
• La Nina

Anything that has mass and occupies space.

• density
• volume
• matter
• atom

A pure substance made of two or more elements chemically combined.

• substance
• molecule
• mixture
• compound