Global Winds, Jet and Gulf Stream

The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure

• wind

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a high-speed wind current, generally moving from west to east over the US

• wind

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

winds that blow steadily from specific directions over LONG distances

• wind

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The winds that give the United States most of its weather, blow from west to east

• prevailing westerlies

• Tradewinds

• global winds

• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A warm swift current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern coast of the United States. Responsible for warming the east coast in the winter. Hurricanes follow this path because of the warm water

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• prevailing westerlies

• Tradewinds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a climate pattern where waters in the Pacific Ocean are warmer than usual, brings flooding and storm

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a climate pattern where waters in the Pacific Ocean are cooler than usual, brings droughts and drier weather

• jet stream

• Gulf Stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ocean off of the East Coast of the United States

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Southern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ocean off of the West Coast of the United States

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Southern

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

• land breeze

• prevailing westerlies

• sea breeze

• Tradewinds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6