TEST Climatic Changes and Patterns

The long-term patterns of weather that occur in an area over many years.

• albedo effect

• tropics

• climate

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Short periods of climatic change (generally lasting a few months) caused by changes in the amount of solar radiation an area receives.

• ocean current

• seasons

• deforestation

• wind current

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

During ice ages, Earth’s climate was colder and much of its surface was covered by vast sheets of ice.

• True

• False

Global temperatures can decrease when large amounts of atmospheric dust block solar radiation from reaching Earth. What can cause large amounts of dust to be released into the atmosphere?

• blizzards

• volcanic eruptions

• hurricanes

• El Niño

Earth is currently experiencing a warm period between ice ages, called an interglacial period.

• True

• False

Scientist theorize that changes in the tilt of Earth's axis might be responsible for the cyclical reoccurrence of...

• volcanic eruptions.

• ice ages.

• higher sea levels.

• El Niño.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Climatic changes are triggered by changes in Earth’s tilt and

• spin.

• circumference.

• density.

• orbit.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warmer summers and colder winters in the northern hemisphere could occur in several thousand years because

• Earth wobbles on its axis.

• Earth's orbit reverses direction.

• Earth's magnetic field dissapears.

• Earth's axis points to the Moon.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Identify the season the Northern Hemisphere (top half) is experiencing when the Earth is at position 3.

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Identify which natural occurrence has the most dramatic impact on climate.

• greenhouse effect

• changes in Earth's tilt

• changes in Earth's wobble and orbit

• changes in Earth's orbit

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5