Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate TEST #1

the distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian

• climate

• latitude

• longitude

• climatology

a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle

• energy

• effect

• cause

• gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the ability to make things move or change

• energy

• cause

• effect

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a result or change that happens because of an event or process

• cause

• effect

• energy

• gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the study of weather patterns over a long period of time

• climate

• latitudue

• longitude

• climatology

an event or process that leads to a result or change

• effect

• cause

• energy

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the distance of a place north or south of Earth's equator

• latitude

• longitude

• energy

• effect

the imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres (halves)

• energy

• effect

• El Nino

• equator

a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; it happens in the Pacific Ocean

• climate

• El Nino

• energy

• effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America

• cause

• climate

• climatology

• continent