CLIMATE

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the climate of the top of a mountain like as compared to the bottom of the mountain?

• warmer
• cooler
• drier
• wetter

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Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship

Areas closer to the equator receive more direct energy from the Sun and have warmer temperatures.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The higher the elevation of an area, the _______ the climate.

• warmer

• cooler

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Most of the United States is in Earth's ___________ climate zone.

• polar

• tropical

• temperate

• subtropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes seasons to change?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's tilt

• Hot and Cold

• Magic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is climate?

• weather

• rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• average weather in a region over a long period of time

• the amount of ice cream available in a city

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The driving force of the Water Cycle is?

• The troposphere

• The Sun

• The oxygen

• The clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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