Scientific Terms
An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see?
Model
Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America?
Continent
The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
Equator
The distance of a place north or south of Earth’s equator?
Latitude
The distance of a place east or west of Earth’s prime meridian?
Longitude
To use any of the five senses to gather information about something?
observe
Ocean water flowing in a continuous path?
Ocean Current
Winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents?
Prevailing winds
The outside or top layer of something?
Surface
A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circluar motion?
Gyre
To explain your evidence, or tell someone what your evidence means or why it matters.
Reasoning
When a current comes from a _________, it brings colder temperatures.
Pole
How does the suns energy transfer to the air?
It transfers to the surface first and then the air.
_________ and the position of continents determine the direction of ocean currents.
Prevailing winds
Changes to prevailing winds affect _______ ___________.
ocean currents.
An event or process that leads to a result or change?
cause
A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; ____ happens in the Pacific Ocean.
El Nino
The ability to make things move or change?
General weather patterns measured over a long period of time.
Climate
An idea about what might happen that is based in what you already know?
prediction
Scientists around the world who share information and ideas?
Scientific Community
Related to sun
solar
A measure of how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
to move from one object to another or one place to another?
transfer
A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean?
upwelling