Climate

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

Regions closest to ________________ tend to have warmer year-round climates.

• Forest Fires

• South Pole

• North Pole

• the Equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does "latitude" refer to?

• the distance away from the Equator

• how much rain a place gets

• how high up a mountain a place is

• the number of seasons a place gets

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NGSS.3-ESS2-2

Is the Earth heated evenly?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Colder water _________________.

• rises

• sinks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Warmer water _______________.

• Sinks

• Rises

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Areas closer to the __________ receive more direct Sun.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Poles

• Tropic of Capricorn

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• polar

• tropical

• temperate

• subtropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of climate regions?

• Polar

• Tropical

• Chilly

• Temperate

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NGSS.3-ESS2-2

The ______________ is an imaginary line around the middle of the planet that divides Earth into northern and southern halves.

• temperate

• equator

• atmosphere

• weather