Oceans and Weather Vocabulary and Concepts

Which word means, "to use any of the five senses to gather information about something"?

• Prediction

• Observe

• Model

• Object

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

Which word means, "the distance of a place north or south of Earth's equator"?

• Gyre

• Energy

• Longitude

• Latitude

Which word means, "a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world"?

• Weather

• Climate

• El Nino

• Gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which word means, "the study of weather patterns over a long period of time"?

• Weather

• Climate

• Climatology

• Scientific Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which word means, "an event or process that leads to a result or change"?

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which word means, "to move from one object to another or one place to another"?

• Upwelling

• Transfer

• Effect

• Observe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which word means, "ocean water flowing in a continuous path"?

• Ocean Current

• Prevailing Winds

• Upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which word means, "a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean"?

• Transfer

• Ocean Current

• Upwelling

• Surface Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which word means, "the distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian"?

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Hemisphere

Which word means, "a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle"?

• Ocean Current

• Upwelling

• Gyre

• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6