Amplify OAC Vocab Test-NonMod

An event or process that leads to a result or change is called what?

• energy

• effect

• cause

• solar

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Ocean water that is flowing in a continuous path is called...

• ocean current

• continent

• prevailing winds

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ is a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world.

• gyre

• upwelling

• Climate

• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The outside or top layer of something is what?

• solar

• surface

• transfer

• equator

An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see is called a what?

• effect

• observe

• model

• prediction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

General weather patterns over a long period of time is called...

• climate

• climatology

• energy

• prevailing winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres is called what?

• effect

• equator

• prevailing winds

• longitude

______ is a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean.

• upwelling

• gyre

• ocean current

• continent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents are called....

• latitude

• energy

• prevailing winds

• ocean current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ are any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia and North America.

• latitude

• equator

• continents

• scientific community