ES - T2 Vocabulary

to soak up or take in

• absorb
• area
• gradually
• model

A region

• gradually
• absorb
• model
• area

The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

• convection
• conduction
• thermal energy
• radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

• convection
• conduction
• thermal energy
• radiation

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• El Nino
• La Nina
• Coriolis effect
• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans

• El Nino
• current
• La Nina
• Coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A warm ocean current that flows along the coast of Peru every seven to fourteen years

• jet stream
• La Nina
• Coriolis effect
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A form of energy that can move through the vacuum of space.

• electromagnetic wave
• conduction
• thermal energy
• radiation

Happens slowly over a period of time or a distance

• absorb
• area
• gradually
• model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere

• jet stream
• El Nino
• La Nina
• greenhouse effect

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4