Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate TEST #2

an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• transfer

• observe

• model

• upwelling

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• upwelling

• observe

• transfer

• model

ocean water flowing in a continuous path

• transfer

• upwelling

• prevailing winds

• ocean current

an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know

• prediction

• upwelling

• model

• observe

winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents

• transfer

• upwelling

• ocean current

• prevailing winds

scientists around the world who share information and ideas

• upwelling

• scientific community

• prediction

• model

related to the sun

• solar

• ocean current

• prevailing winds

• temperature

the outside or top layer of something

• transfer

• observe

• model

• surface

a measure of how hot or cold something is

• upwelling

• solar

• temperature

• prediction

to move from one object to another or one place to another

• prediction

• upwelling

• transfer

• observe