Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate Vocabulary Amplify

What is the definition of "climate"?

• The study of weather patterns over a long period of time

• General weather patterns over a long period of time

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

• The ability to make things move or change

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What does "El Niño" refer to?

• A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans

• The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world

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

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What is "latitude"?

• The distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian

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

• The ability to make things move or change

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

What is the meaning of "gyre"?

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

• The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• The study of weather patterns over a long period of time

• General weather patterns over a long period of time

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What does "longitude" measure?

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

• The distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian

• The ability to make things move or change

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

What is a model?

• An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• A measure of how hot or cold something is

• A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean

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

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What does it mean to observe?

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

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

• To share information and ideas with scientists around the world

• To predict what might happen based on what you already know

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What is an ocean current?

• Ocean water flowing in a continuous path

• A measure of how hot or cold something is

• The outside or top layer of something

• A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean

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What is a prediction?

• 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

• Scientists around the world who share information and ideas

• The outside or top layer of something

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What are prevailing winds?

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

• A measure of how hot or cold something is

• The outside or top layer of something

• A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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