Matching Pairs Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocabulary (D)Online version Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocabulary by Reagan Black 1 Prevailing Winds 2 Effect 3 Longitude 4 Climatology 5 Prediction 6 Solar 7 Observe 8 Ocean Current 9 Transfer 10 Climate 11 Model 12 Cause 13 Energy 14 Scientific Community 15 Temperature 16 Gyre 17 Equator 18 Surface 19 Upwelling 20 Latitude 21 El Nino A result or change that happens because of an event or process. Scientists around the world who share information and ideas. The ability to make things move or change. The distance of a place north or south of Earth’s equator. A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; El Nino happens in the Pacific Ocean. A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see. A measure of how hot or cold something is. A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the ocean. To move from one object to another or one place to another. General weather patterns over a long period of time. To use any of the five senses to gather information about something. Ocean water flowing in a continuous path. An idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know. The study of weather patterns over a long period of time. Winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents. The distance of a place east or west of Earth’s prime meridian. The outside or top layer of something. The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres (halves). An event or process that leads to a result or change. Related to the sun.