Climate Test Review

What causes seasons?

• tropical storms

• wind patterns

• the tilt of Earth’s axis with respect to the sun

• changes in the distance from Earth to the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are structural adaptations?

• Inherited structures that help animals survive in certain climates

• Changes weather patterns & influences local climates

• When an animal stops changing

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How can carbon dioxide be reduced in the atmosphere?

• deforestation

• burning fossil fuels

• planting trees

• melting glaciers

Climate is determined by the average ____________ pattern in an area over a long period of time.

Word bank: tides, weather, extinctions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What affects the climate? Check 3 correct answers.

• Ocean currents

• Latitude

• Desert

• Bodies of water

• El nino

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do large bodies of water affect the climate?

• By making clouds and covering the land

• By absorbing or giving off heat

• By resisting the sun's radiation and reflect it onto the land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is one cause of deforestation?

• clouds

• precipitation

• global warming

• thunderstorms

What is released into the atmosphere when gas, oil, and coal are burned?

• chloroflurocarbon

• carbon dioxide

• hydrogen

• oxygen

What are the 3 main Climate Zones?

• Koppen

• Altitude

• Tropics

• Polar

• Temperate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Birds migrating is which type of adaptation?

• behavioral

• structural

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4