Earth Science Final

Climates are

classified according to

• precipitation

• temperature

• elevation

• precipitation and temperature

• temperature and elevation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Scientists observe the thickness of a tree's rings to learn about

• future temperatures

• past plate movements

• past climate conditions

• earth quakes

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your

climate will be a

• maritime climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• polar climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Over the past 200 years, the level of

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has

• decreased slowly

• increased steadily

• stayed the same

• What carbon dioxide?

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Regions that receive less than 25 centimeters of rain

annually are called

• deserts

• drought zones

• rain free

• my happy place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The sun’s rays are least direct

• over the equator

• near the poles

• in the summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Local winds differ from global winds because they

• are caused by weather changes

• are caused by the Coriollis Effect

• are sea breezes

• are caused by unequal heating within a small area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During cold periods called _________________ large parts of earth’s surface were covered with sheets of ice.

• dinosaur days

• blizzards

• ice ages

People add the greenhouse gas _________ to atmosphere by burning wood, coal, oil and natural gas.

• carbon

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The gradual increase in the temperature of the

atmosphere is known as

• global warming

• greenhouse gases

• carbon diffraction

• summer

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