The Ocean
The movement of water in a certain direction.
What is an ocean current?
The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
What is weather?
Middle elevation, white, puffy, and represents pleasant weather.
What is a cumulous cloud?
The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the earth
What is the hydrologic cycle?
This causes the massive deep ocean currents to move water around the globe like a conveyor belt.
What is density?
What is density?
Air rises and cools, forms clouds and rain is this kind of system.
What is a low-pressure system?
A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude.
What is a cirrus cloud?
This phase change TAKES energy.
What is evaporation?
Warm water from the tropics flows north toward the ice caps in this current.
What is a the gulf stream?
The surface features of an area. "shape of the earth surface"
What is topography?
Long distance winds that travel the global winds for thousands of kilometers.
What is a jet stream?
Low elevation, gray, precipitation.
What is a stratus cloud?
This phase change RELEASES energy.
What is condesnation?
Absorbs and releases energy, moderates the temperature nearby.
What is water?
Moist air hits a mountain and is forced to rise, the rising air cools and releases rain. The air moves over the mountain it is dry creating a dry climate and desert
What is rain shadow effect?
The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air.
What is the water cycle?
Very tall, anvil shaped. Massive thunderstorms.
What is a cumulonimbus clouds?
Phase of precipitation. (states of matter)
What is solid and liquid?
Produces half of the world's oxygen.
What is phytoplankton?
Gas that warms the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation.(CO2, H2O, Methane & chlorofluorocarbons)
What is greenhouse gases?
The curving path of winds because of Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis effect?
The ocean releases aerosols that later become the "starting points" for clouds.
What is condensation nuclei?
This part of the water cycle cleans and purifies groundwater.
What is percolation?