Earth's atmosphere & Currents

At position A, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an Equinox

• Full tilt toward sun

• Full tilt away from sun

• Shortest day

• Equal day and night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This layer of the atmosphere is the most dense and contains the most N, O, & water vapor.

• troposhere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

Which layer of Earth's atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

Check all of the reasons the Earth is unequally heated.

• variation in the angle at which the sun's rays strike Earth

• Variation in the amount of surface area in which the sun's rays are distributed

• Atmospheric Layers

• Earth's Tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which surface would have the highest albedo?

• dark forest canopy

• ocean water

• ice caps

• parking lot

What directly causes seasonal change?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's revolution around the sun

• The sun's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In the summer months the sun's path/angle is...

• high in the sky/directly overhead

• moderate in the sky/at a slight angle

• low in the sky/at a sharp angle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In the winter months the sun's path/angle is...

• high in the sky/directly overhead

• moderate in the sky/at a slight angle

• low in the sky/at a sharp angle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1