Ocean Currents

Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth.

• Atmospheric Movement

• Climate

• Density

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Average weather patterns for a particular region

• Atmospheric Movement

• Climate

• Density

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The amount of matter in a given space or volume

• Atmospheric Movement

• Climate

• Density

• Convection

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluid

• Atmospheric Movement

• Climate

• Density

• Convection

Circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling cooler, denser fluid

• Ocean Currents

• Global

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The deflection of moving air as a result of the Earth’s rotation

• Ocean Currents

• Global

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Relating to the whole world

• Ocean Currents

• Global

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Directional movements of ocean water

• Ocean Currents

• Global

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The spinning of Earth on its axis that makes us have day and night

• Salinity

• Rotation

• Temperature

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water

• Salinity

• Rotation

• Temperature

• Climate