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OAC Vocab.
Ocean Atmosphere & Climate Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an event or process that leads to a result or change | cause |
| general weather patterns over a long period of time | climate |
| the study of weather patterns over a long period of time | climatology |
| any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America | continent |
| a result or change that happens because of an event or process | effect |
| 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 | el nino |
| the ability to make things move or change | energy |
| the imaginary center line of latitude that divides the northern and southern hemispheres. | equator |
| a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle | gyre |
| the distance of a place north or south of Earth's equator | latitude |
| the distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian | longitude |
| an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see | model |
| to use any of the five senses to gather information about something | observe |
| ocean water flowing in a continuous path | ocean current |
| an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know | prediction |
| winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents | prevailing winds |
| scientists around the world who share information and ideas | scientific community |
| related to the sun | solar |
| the outside or top layer of something | surface |
| A measure of how hot or cold something is. | temperature |
| to move from one object to another or one place to another | transfer |
| a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean | upwelling |
| matter with a composition that is always the same | substance |
| a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon. | atmosphere |
| The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. | weather |