Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

atmosphere layer with weather

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a circular current patter that contains the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• N. Atlantic Gyre

• S. Pacific Gyre

• N. Pacific Gyre

• Indian Gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

initial source of Earth's energy

• Coriolis effect

• Anemometer

• Doldrums

• Solar Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

blows cold air from poles to 60 degrees

• Wind Vane

• Canary Current

• Polar Easterlies

• Sea Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

gains and losses in heat received by Earth

• Heat Budget

• Solar Radiation

• Exosphere

• Wind Vane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

horizontal movement of air from high to low pressure

• wind

• surface current

• hose bib

• inertia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

atmosphere layer with ozone

• Stratosphere

• Coriolis effect

• N. Pacific Gyre

• Mesosphere

circular current pattern that reverse direction in the winter

• Doldrums

• Polar Easterlies

• Sea Breeze

• Indian Ocean Gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Eastern N. Atlantic cold current

• Canary Current

• Gulf Stream

• Trade Winds

• Polar Easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

bends winds and ocean currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere

• Wind Vane

• Surface Currents

• Coriolis effect

• Land Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6