Jet Stream, Gulf Stream, Atmospheric Rivers

• Wind speed

• Mass and density of the air

• Ocean currents

• Temperature variations

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Warm temperatures and clear skies

• Cool temperatures and clear skies

• Warm temperatures and unsettled weather

• Cool temperatures and unsettled weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Interaction between warm air from the tropics and cold air from the poles

• Interaction between warm water from the Gulf of Mexico and cold water from the North Atlantic

• Interaction between warm and cold air masses in the upper atmosphere

• Interaction between ocean currents near the equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Spreading nutrients throughout the ocean

• Regulating atmospheric pressure

• Moving moisture around the planet

• Forming ocean gyres

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Wind

• Changes in how salty the water is

• Changes in atmospheric pressure

• Solar radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• A fast-moving ocean current

• A weather monitoring satellite

• A pattern of atmospheric pressure changes

• A system of deep ocean currents and wind-driven surface currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• El Niño increases the frequency of atmospheric rivers.

• El Niño has no impact on atmospheric rivers.

• La Niña increases the frequency of atmospheric rivers.

• El Niño only affects temperature and not precipitation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• More predictable weather patterns

• Changes in atmospheric pressure

• Less predictable weather systems everywhere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Gulf Stream

• Atmospheric Rivers

• Jet Stream

• Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Differences in salinity

• Rotation of the Earth

• Differences in temperature

• All of the Above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6