Match each word to its correct meaning.

1. albedo
2. convection current
3. coriolis effect
4. El Niño
5. jet streams
6. latitude
7. ocean currents
8. trade winds

A. a measure of the amount of light that a surface reflects
B. any air current that is caused by the transfer of heat in the atmosphere
C. observation that air and ocean currents appear to be deflected in their course of direction due to the spin of the Earth on its axis
D. a weather event that occurs when unusually warm waters from the Pacific Ocean disrupt typical global weather patterns
E. fast-moving currents of air
F. a measure of distance from the equator, either north or south, on the globe
G. movement of surface ocean water in predictable paths
H. west to east winds that dominate the middle latitudes of both hemispheres on Earth