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EOG Review
New Terms/Force and Motion
Term | Definition |
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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 |