Climate and Weather

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude
• altitude
• atmosphere
• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.

• climate
• weather
• forecast
• sunlight

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Earth is unevenly heated due to its?

• oceans and moon
• tilt and shape
• gravity and clouds
• climate and weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How hot or cold something is - 

• friction
• temperature
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?

• precipitation and humidity
• temperature and air pressure
• wind conditions and humidity
• temperature and precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which climate zone do we live in?

• Temperate
• Tropical
• Polar
• Savannas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_____ climate is described as cold all year long and located in high latitudes.

• Polar
• Continental
• Dry
• Highland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate is ______.

• what the air is like outside
• the temperature of a day
• pattern of weather in a place over many years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6