Climate Review

It’s cold here. The coldest it is anywhere. All around me is ice and snow, and there are no plants to speak of. What climate region do I live in?

• subarctic

• tundra

• ice cap

It never rains here. In fact, there is more evaporation than there is precipitation. What climate region do I live in?

• Tropical wet-and-dry

• arid

• semi-arid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It rains here year round thanks to the high temperatures. It rains so much the forests here are named rainforests!

• Tropical Wet

• Tropical wet-and-dry

• Humid Subtropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The climate here is different than everything around it! It’s colder here even if the area just down the mountain is very hot!

• Tropical wet

• Highland

• Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It is always hot here, but that heat doesn’t always mean rain. Sometimes during the year it’ll rain almost every day, but then other times it won’t rain at all!

• Tropical Wet

• Tropical Wet and Dry

• Arid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which takes more energy to change temperature?

• land

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What continent gains warmer temperatures from the Gulf Stream?

• South America

• Australia

• Europe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air is less dense. Therefore, warm air __

• sinks

• rises

• moves sideways

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The season with the longest length of day is

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One of the two times a year when day and night are the SAME LENGTH.

• solistice

• equinox

• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1