Vocab Review #5 (Climate Factors)

the measurement of the height of a geographical feature that is above mean sea level (MSL)

• elevation

• altitude

• latitude

• longitude

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates

• equinox

• biome

• axis

• equator

the degree of compactness of a substance

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Altitude

The path an object follows as it moves around another object

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Insolation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The side of a mountain range that faces away from the oncoming wind

• windward

• weather

• axis

• leeward

being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing

• tropic

• windward

• leeward

• polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

• revolution

• equator

• axis

• orbit

distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

• latitude

• climate

• longitude

• equinox

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

• climate

• longitude

• latitude

• solstice

The movement of an object around another object

• Weather

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2