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Climate Change

Climate Change

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Science

9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS2-5

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Dario Nepas

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4 Slides • 4 Questions

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Climate Change

Unit 5

Key Concept: Changes


Related Concepts:

Transformation - Consequences

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What's weather?

  • Weather describes the conditions outside right now in a specific place. For example, if you see that it’s raining outside right now, that’s a way to describe today’s weather.

  • Rain, snow, wind, hurricanes, tornadoes — these are all weather events.

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What's climate?

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years.


While the weather can change in just a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change.

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Multiple Choice

If it is raining in the Sahara desert for two weeks. What are are talking about?

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Climate

2

Weather

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Climate Change

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Multiple Choice

We know that the Sahara desert is dry and with scarce raining periods. What are are talking about?

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Climate

2

Weather

3

Climate Change

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Open Ended

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What is Climate Change?

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Climate Change

  • Climate change describes a change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time

  • For example, 20,000 years ago, much of the United States was covered in glaciers. In the United States today, we have a warmer climate and fewer glaciers.

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Poll

How is climate change affecting the Earth?

It is increasing temperature

It is becoming colder

In is increasing winds

Climate Change

Unit 5

Key Concept: Changes


Related Concepts:

Transformation - Consequences

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