Ocean Related
A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water.
what is a gyre
To move an object from one place to another.
what is transfer
The imaginary line that divides Earth into the two hemispheres
what is the equator
The scientific word for the weather patterns over a long period of time?
What is climate
What has the ability to make things move or change
What is energy
A climate pattern where water near the equator gets warmer than usual and affects the weather around the world.
What is El Nino
this gets heated up before the atmosphere
what is land and water
What continent do we live on
what is North America
the scientific word for things that relate to the sun
This giant pattern of water is almost as big as whole oceans
what is a gyre
the scientific word for a process in which deep cold water rises toward the surface
what is upwelling
Winds are strong enough to push ocean currents
what are prevailing winds
any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
what is a continent
The word is temperature what is the definition
What is a measure of how hot or cold something is
This is Nevada's approximate latitude
what is 40 degrees north
The word is ocean current what is the definition
What is ocean water flowing in a continuous path
this is what prevailing winds can carry
These two invisible lines go vertical and horizontal around the Earth
what are longitude and latitude
This person studies weather patterns over a long period of time
what is a climatologist
this is the number of oceans in the world.
There is only ONE ocean, but we often "say" there are five. Can you name them?
this is the path that energy/heat from the Sun takes to warm our atmosphere
what is: transfers to the land/water, then transfers to the air above the surface
The transfer of the sun's energy to the atmosphere
How does the surface interact with the atmosphere
this is why Antarctica can be sunny but freezing
what is indirect energy from the sun
this is what Mrs. McClafferty went to college to study
what is marine biology
this is the color of a polar bear
What is black