Relier Pairs Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate VocabularyVersion en ligne Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocabulary par Kayla Lytle 1 Ocean Current 2 Prediction 3 Effect 4 Climatology 5 Prevailing Winds 6 Solar 7 Equator 8 Scientific Community 9 El Nino 10 Energy 11 Climate 12 Temperature 13 Model 14 Cause 15 Transfer 16 Upwelling 17 Longitude 18 Surface 19 Gyre 20 Observe 21 Latitude Scientists around the world who share information and ideas. General weather patterns over a long period of time. Winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents. An event or process that leads to a result or change. A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean. A measure of how hot or cold something is. Related to the sun. The study of weather patterns over a long period of time. The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres (halves). A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; El Nino happens in the Pacific Ocean. The outside or top layer of something. The ability to make things move or change. A result or change that happens because of an event or process. The distance of a place east or west of Earth’s prime meridian. An idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see. Ocean water flowing in a continuous path. To move from one object to another or one place to another. The distance of a place north or south of Earth’s equator. A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle. To use any of the five senses to gather information about something.