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Ocean
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | general weather Patterns over a long period of time. |
| solar | related to the the sun. |
| prediction | an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know |
| upwelling | a process in which deep cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean |
| latitude | the distance of a place north or south of Earth's equator |
| ocean current | ocean water flowing in a continuous path |
| cause | an event or process that leads to a result or change |
| effect | a result or change that happens because of an event or process |
| prevailling winds | winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents |
| El Nino | a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world happens in the Pacific Ocean |
| equator | the imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres havles |
| gyre | a giant pattern of moving water that whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle |
| longitude | the distance of a place east or west of Earth's prime meridian |
| continent | any of Earth's main continues areas of land such as Africa Asia and North America |
| observe | to use any of the five senses to gather information about something |