Course 3, Topic 7 Vocabulary

An abnormal climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns for one to two years.

• la Nina

• el Nino

• sea breeze

• thermal energy

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

• la Nina

• el Nino

• sea breeze

• thermal energy

a wave made up of a combination of a changing electric field and a changing magnetic field.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• electromagnetic wave

the trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

• thermal energy

• wind

• current

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object

• temperature

• heat

• thermal energy

• jet stream

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermal energy

the transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermal energy

the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermal energy

the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure

• el nino

• la nina

• wind

• sea breeze

the flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land

• sea breeze

• land breeze