Circulation of Earth's Oceans Vocabulary

Deflection of moving objects from a straight path as a result of the Earth's rotation on its axis

• Circulation

• Coriolis Effect

• Convection

• Gyres

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Amount of mass per unit of volume

• Mass

• Volume

• Salinity

• Density

Horizontal movement of water in a regular pattern at the ocean's surface

• Gyres

• Deep Ocean Current

• Surface Current

• Ocean Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Streamlike movement of ocean water in a regular pattern

• Surface Current

• Deep Ocean Currents

• Ocean Current

• Gyres

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Amount of space a substance takes up

• Mass

• Volume

• Weight

• Density

All of the Earth's water

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Surface currents flowing in huge circular patterns

• Waves

• Surface Currents

• Gyres

• Deep Ocean Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The amount of salt in a substance

• Mass

• Salinity

• Saltine

• Density

Movement of water in regular patterns below the surface of the ocean

• Convection

• Ocean Currents

• Surface Currents

• Deep Ocean Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Movement of matter due to differences in density

• Convection

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6