Global Climate

Long term pattern of weather in a particular area

• climate

• weather

• Coriolis effect

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The state of the atmosphere in a particular place and time, occurs over short periods, and predictions cover days or weeks...

• climate

• weather

• Coriolis Effect

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes weather?

• Climate

• Coriolis Effect

• atmosphere, biosphere, and other aspects in the area

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Because of Earth's rotation, winds do not blow directly East to West or North to South, this is known as the...

• Global Winds

• Climate

• Weather

• Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds that develop in belts distributed all around the world

• Global Winds

• Weather

• Climate

• Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere

• Easterlies

• Polar Easterlies

• The Equator

• Latitude

These lines run horizontally around Earth, but we measure them North to South

• Easterlies

• Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

These lines run vertically over the Earth, but we measure them East and West

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Deep cold waters that rises to the oceans surface

• deep currents

• upwelling

• downwelling

• eddies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Swirling loop of water

• Density

• Downwelling

• Eddies

• Upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6