Global Climate Pattern Vocabulary

1) Air moving from high pressure to low pressure

• Climate
• Wind
• Weather
• Coriolis Effect
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

2) The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time

• Climate
• Wind
• Weather
• Coriolis Effect
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

3) The weather patterns in a place over a long period of time

• Climate
• Wind
• Weather
• Coriolis Effect
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4) Makes the currents, both air and water, curve over long distances

• Climate
• Wind
• Weather
• Coriolis Effect
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5) The main source of energy for ocean and wind currents

• Climate
• Wind
• Weather
• Coriolis Effect
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6) The amount of energy as heat

• Density
• High Density Things
• Low Density Things
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

7) Expand, move faster, have particles that are farther apart.

• Density
• High Density Things
• Low Density Things
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

8) Contract, move slower, have particles that are closer together.

• Density
• High Density Things
• Low Density Things
• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

9) The measurement of the amount of mass in a certain amount of volume. Mass divided by volume.

• Density
• High Density Things
• Low Density Things
• Temperature

10) The amount of salt in a substance

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Salinity