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