Chapter 2 vocabulary Earth Science

A method of charging an object by allowing electrons to flow by direct contact from one object to another object.

What is the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object?

The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land.

A form of energy that can move through a vacuum of space that consist of an electric and a magnetic field

An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in weather patterns.

____ is the horizontal movement of air from a high pressure area to a low pressure area.

A large stream of moving water that flows through oceans is called?

The trapping of heat near the planet's surface by certain gases in the atmosphere.

Climate event in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.

The transfer of thermal energy by movement of fluid is

What is the flow of air from land to a body of water?

_____ is the transfer of energy (heat) by electromagnetic waves

High speed band winds found about 10K. earth's surface,

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.