Ch. 6 Vocab Review

Average weather of a location over a long period of time; long-term atmospheric conditions.

• Climate

• Weather

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

Temporary behavior of atmosphere; short-term atmospheric conditions.

• Climate

• Weather

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Climate strongly influenced by oceans with little variation in temperature seasonally and daily.

• Climate

• Weather

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate with extreme temperature differences between day and night and between summer and winter due to being farther away from water bodies.

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

• Rain Shadow

• ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A dry area on the side of a mountain opposite to the wind.

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

• Rain Shadow

• ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Largest and most important change is the oscillation (cycle) between El Niño and La Niña

• Maritime Climate

• Continental Climate

• Rain Shadow

• ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A weather pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equator, off the coast of South America.

• Rain Shadow

• ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation)

• El Nino

• La Nina

A weather pattern defined by the cooling of the ocean surface along the tropical Pacific coast of South America.

• Rain Shadow

• Volcanism

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process by which magma from the interior of the earth rises through the crust, emerges onto the surface as lava, and cools into volcanic rock

• Volcanism

• Milankovitch Cycles

• Eccentricity

• Precession

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A cyclical movement related to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. There are three of them: eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession.

• Milankovitch Cycles

• Obliquity

• Eccentricity

• Precession

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4