OAC Vocabulary

The outside or top layer of something

The distance of a place north or south of Earth’s equator

The imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres (halves)

General weather patterns over a long period of time

A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world; this happens in the Pacific Ocean

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

A result or change that happens because of an event or process

A measure of how hot or cold something is

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

The ability to make things move or change