Ocean Currents_Weather and Climate: Vocabulary (6th)

The distance from Sea Level

• Atmosphere

• Altitude

• Coriolis Effect

• Latitiude

The Layer of Gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmoshpere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur

• Regional Climate

• Rotation

• Night light

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The large scale movement of air around Earth

• Atmosphere

• Coriolis Effect

• Latitude

• Atmospheric Circulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Day-to Day state of the atmosphere

• Climate

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, as a result of Earth's rotation.

• Climate

• Coriolis Effect

• Weather

• Regional Geography

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The study of specific regions of Earth

• Biology

• Geology

• Regional Geography

• Astrology

Directional movements of ocean water

- surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface

- deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences.

• Atmospheric Currents

• Ocean Currents

• Regional Geography

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid

• Atmosphere

• Convection Current

• Latitude

• Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on Earth's surface

• Latitude

• Longitude

• East

• West