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Ocean
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 rises toward the surface of the ocean |
| latitude | the distance of a place north or south earth's equator |
| ocean current | ocean water flowing in a continuous path |
| cause | an event water flowing in a continuous path |
| effect | a result or change that happens because of an event or process |
| prevailing winds | winds that move in one direction and the weather are strong enough to push ocean current |
| El nino | a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter then usual and affects 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 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 continuous areas of land, such as Africa,Asia and North America |
| observe | to use any of the five senses to gather information about somethings |
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