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EOG Review
New Terms/Force and Motion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prevailing Westerlies | global winds that move from west to east |
| Cumulus | a cloud formation in fair weather |
| Cumulonimbus | a dark cloud with heavy precipitation (storm cloud) |
| Conduction | when heat or electricity travels through an object (a hot handle of a pan, a cord plugged into the wall) |
| Convection | when hot air/water rises and cold air/water sinks |
| Transpiration | when plants push water out of their leaves to be evaporated by the sun |
| El Nino | a series of climate changes around the globe |
| Deciduous | trees that shed their leaves (usually in the fall) |
| Coniferous | Trees that DO NOT shed their leaves |
| Front | A boundary separating warm and cold air |
| Photosynthesis | the process of plants making their own food |
| Transport systems | these are systems found in multi-celled organisms such as the respiratory system to exchange gases with the outside environment |
| Mass | how much matter is in an object (objects with more mass require more force to stop) |
| Friction | forces that stop an object from moving |
| Gravity | the force that pulls toward the center of an object |
| Prevailing Westerlies | global winds that move from west to east |
| Cumulus | a cloud formaion in fair wather |
| Cumulusonimbus | a dark cloud with heavy precipition {storm cloud} |
| conduction | when heat or elctricity travelsd though an object |