B4L2 Milankovitch Cycles review

Thanks to the work of this guy, Milutin Milankovitch, we can predict climate changes over long periods of time.

• true

• false

According to the data, how many cooling periods occurred during the past 400,000 years?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

When Earth is closer to the Sun, like in position 2, it is in______.

• aphelion

• ellipses

• perihelion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

When Earth is farther from the Sun, like in position 1, it is in______.

• aphelion

• ellipses

• perihelion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun are called ___.

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

The angle of Earth’s tilt as it orbits the Sun is called ___.

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

The slow wobbling of Earth's axis as it orbits the Sun is called ___.

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles is animated here?

• eccentricity

• obliquity

• precession

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5