Ocean, atmosphere, and climate vocabulary

Weather data collected over long periods of time.

• weather

• precipitation

• climate

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Typical weather of a given area on earth.

• climate zone

• weather

• precipitation

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Layer of gases that surrounds our planet.

• climate

• weather

• atmosphere

• climate zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Curving or bending of wind and surface ocean currents caused by Earth's rotation

• Gulf Stream

• Coriolis Effect

• gyre

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Mass movement or flow of ocean water that redistributes heat throughout the globe.

• Coriolis Effect

• Gulf Stream

• ocean currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Large system of circulating ocean currents caused by the Coriolis Effect

• gyre

• Gulf Stream

• latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Large current that starts in the Gulf of Mexico and passes near the Northeast coast of the US carrying warm air.

• gyre

• Coriolis Effect

• Gulf Stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When surface ocean currents meet continents they deflect or change direction.

• continental deflection

• ocean convection

• surface current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Movement of water due to changes in density.

• gyre

• continental deflection

• ocean convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A double graph that shows both temperature and precipitation for a location.

• histogram

• climatogram

• bar graph