Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocab

Climate

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

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Energy

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

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

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

• the ability to make things move or change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Temperature

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

• the ability to make things move or change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Transfer

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

• an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

• to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Latitude

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

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

• a measure of how hot or cold something is
  temperatura

• an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know

Cause

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

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

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Effect

• an event or process that leads to a result or change

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

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

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Prevailing Winds

• ocean water flowing in a continuous path

• an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know

• winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean Current

• to move from one object to another or one place to another

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

• winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents

• ocean water flowing in a continuous path

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6