Chapter 5. Lesson 2 & 3

Question 1

Convection

Answer 1

The transfer of heat through the movement of a gas or liquid

Question 2

Latitude

Answer 2

A measure of how far north or south something is from the equator

Question 3

Global winds

Answer 3

A wind that blows in a predictable direction

Question 4

Trade winds

Answer 4

Winds that blow between 30N latitude and 30S latitude

Question 5

Sphere

Answer 5

A solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

The average weather patterns of a region

Question 7

Condensation

Answer 7

The process in which matter changes state from gas to liquid

Question 8

Current

Answer 8

An ongoing movement in one direction

Question 9

Labrador current

Answer 9

A cold ocean current flowing S along the Labrador coast through Davis Straight to the Grand Banks

Question 10

ENSO

Answer 10

The changing of wind patterns

Question 11

Oscillation

Answer 11

Movement back and forth

Question 12

Equator

Answer 12

The imaginary line that runs around the middle of earth