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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | General weather patterns over a long period of time |
| solar | Related to 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 rise toward the top of the ocean |
| Latitude | The distance of a place north or south of earths 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 a event or process |
| Prevailing 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 effects the weather around the world; happens in the pacific Ocean |
| equator | the imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere (halves) |
| gyre | a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole ocean and moves water from place to place in a circle |
| longitude | the distance of a place east or west of earths prime meridian |
| continent | any of Earth's main continuous areas of land,such as Africa, Asia, and North America. |
| observe | to use any of the five senses to gather information about something. |