Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocabualry

an event or process that leads to a result or change

• effect

• affect

• cause

• eruption

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the study of weather patterns over a long period of time

• scientology

• oceanology

• biology

• climatology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How many days are there in a year?

• 236
• 548
• 344
• 365

a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• cause

• effect

• affect

• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the ability to make things move or change

• energy

• move

• gyre

• observe

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle

• hurricane

• tornado

• gyre

• upwelling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• south pole

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• effect

• cause

• predict

• observe

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know

• thought

• cause

• upwelling

• prediction

How many legs do spiders have?

• 5

• 7

• 8

• 9