Unit 3 Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

These are cold winds that blow from the east to the west near the North Pole and South Pole.

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• trade winds

• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These are steady winds that flow from west to east between latitdes 30 degrees N and 60 degrees S.

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies

• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These are steady winds that flow from east to west between 30 degrees N latitude and 30 degrees S latitude.

• Coriolis effect

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the movement of wind and water to the right or left that is caused by Earth's rotation.

• trade winds

• upwelling

• Coriolis effect

• surface cureent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the vertical movement of water caused by differences in denstiy.

• surface current

• upwelling

• trade winds

• density current

This is a wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean's surface,

• density current

• upwelling

• surface current

• trade winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface.

• upwelling

• density current`

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4