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science exam pt.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cause | an event or process that leads to a result or change |
| climate | general weather patterns over a long period of time |
| effect | a result or change that happens because of an event or process |
| El Nino | a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world |
| energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| gyre | a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle |
| latitude | the distance north or south of the Earth's equator |
| ocean current | ocean water flowing in a continuous path |
| prevailing winds | winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents |
| reasoning | the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim |
| temperature | a measure of how hot or cold something is, the higher the temp. the higher the energy |
| transfer | to move energy from one object to another or one place to another |