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Learn OC.8c Vocabulary

Learn OC.8c Vocabulary

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

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NGSS
K-ESS3-1, K-ESS2-1, K-ESS3-2

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A layer of water in which the density changes rapidly with changes in depth.

pycnocline

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Circulation pattern in which surface water moves vertically downward.

​​downwelling

​Circulation pattern in which deep, cold, usually nutrient-rich water moves vertically upward.

​​upwelling

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Change in atmospheric pressures and wind directions in the South Pacific Ocean.

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

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Due to the southern oscillation, upwelling of cool, nutrient-rich water stops and downwelling occurs off the coasts of Peru and Chile.

El Nino

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Due to the southern oscillation, normal conditions return stronger than usual.

La Nina

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