Weather and Climate Test Review

How does the heat capacity of water affect the climate of a city on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico?

• The water reflects heat from the sun and warms the atmosphere in the area.

• The water absorbs a large amount of heat and cools the atmosphere in the area.

• The water absorbs heat without evaporating causing frequent droughts in the area.

• The water evaporates as small amounts of heat are absorbed causing frequent rain showers in the area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth’s climate can be affected by natural factors such as changes in volcanic activity, solar output, and Earth's orbit around the Sun. Climate change can also be caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of land for forestry and agriculture. The increase of which greenhouse gas due to human activity has had the greatest impact on global climate in the past century?

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• ozone

• water vapor

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is most likely a human cause of climate change?

• recycling activities

• volcanic eruption

• car emissions

• lightning-started wildfire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Data collected from ice cores have been compared in the diagrams illustrated above taken from a research station in Antarctica. What climate relationship can most likely be concluded from the information shown in these two graphs?

• Higher ice CO₂ levels are the result of higher temperatures.

• Lower ice CO₂ levels are the result of higher temperatures.

• Higher atmospheric CO₂ levels leads to higher temperatures.

• Lower atmospheric CO₂ levels leads to higher temperatures.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The weather is...

• The typical state of the atmosphere in a long period of time.
• The state of the atmosphere at a particular time. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The climate is... 

• The typical state of the atmosphere over a long period of time. 
• The state of the atmosphere at a particular time. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas near the sea are cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following describes weather?

• Tropical

• mostly cloudy with a high of 73 F

• cold winders and warm summers

• 31 days in July

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which statement describes climate

• winter is usually the coldest time of year

• 75 F with a 10% chance of rain

• Cloudy skies

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain, snow sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky

• humidity
• liquid
• precipitation
• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5