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mixture of gases (or air) around a planet
a) climate
b) climatology
c) atmosphere
d) El Nino

an event or process that leads to a result or change
a) cause
b) energy
c) prediction
d) transfer

the ability to make things move or change
a) cause
b) energy
c) prediction
d) transfer

to move from one object to another or one place to another
a) cause
b) energy
c) prediction
d) transfer

an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
a) cause
b) energy
c) prediction
d) transfer

the study of weather patterns over a long period of time
a) climate
b) climatology
c) atmosphere
d) El Nino

a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; it happens in the Pacific Ocean
a) climate
b) climatology
c) atmosphere
d) El Nino

general weather patterns over a long period of time
a) climate
b) climatology
c) atmosphere
d) El Nino

a result or change that happens because of an event or process
a) surface
b) model
c) observe
d) effect

an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
a) surface
b) model
c) observe
d) effect

the outside or top layer of something. Land and water.
a) surface
b) model
c) observe
d) effect

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something
a) surface
b) model
c) observe
d) effect

the distance of a place north or south of Earth’s equator
a) equator
b) longitute
c) latitude
d) gyre

the imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres (halves)
a) equator
b) longitude
c) latitude
d) gyre

the distance of a place east or west of Earth’s prime meridian
a) equator
b) latitude
c) longitude
d) gyre

a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle
a) equator
b) longitude
c) latitude
d) gyre

related to the sun
a) continent
b) ocean
c) prevailing winds
d) solar

winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents
a) continent
b) ocean
c) prevailing winds
d) solar

any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
a) ocean
b) continent
c) prevailing winds
d) solar

ocean water flowing in a continuous path
a) ocean
b) continent
c) prevailing winds
d) solar

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