What Determines Climate?

What Determines Climate?

6th - 8th Grade

19 Qs

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What Determines Climate?

What Determines Climate?

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS1-1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is what we collected throughout the month of December. Climate is what google tells us.

Climate includes only average temperature and average precipitation. Weather includes much more than that.

Weather is the conditions at any particular time, while climate is the pattern of weather that occurs in an area over a long period of time.

Weather is the patternof weather over a long period of time while climate is the current conditions.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why do we have seasons?

The fact that the Earth is heated unevenly causes the seasons.

The tilt of the Earth and its elliptical orbit around the sun cause the seasons.

We have seasons because of the Earth's tilt.

We have seasons because of plants.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What are some factors that affect climate? Choose all that apply.

wind currents

elevation

mars

equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Uneven heating of the Earth by the sun causes __________.

precipitation

volcanoes

earthquakes

wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true about the way Earth's materials heat?

Water and land heat at the same rate but cool differently.

Land heats slowly, but water heats quickly.

Land heats quickly and cools quickly.

Water heats quicker than land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary reason that air above the equator is heated more than other places?

The equator receives the most direct sunlight.

Sunlight is more spread out at the equator.

There is more land around the equator, so it heats quicker.

It is summer year-round at the equator.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why is it cooler at the Earth's poles?

Sunlight hits the poles less direct than other places on the Earth.

It is more cloudy around the poles.

The glaciers keep the climate cold.

The North and South Poles are dark all year.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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