Influences on Climate - Exploration 1 & 2

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time is called:

• Weather

• Climate

• Precipitation

• Temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate descriptions generally include which of the following? (choose all correct answers)

• Average temperatures over many years

• Average precipitations amounts over many years

• Animals that live in that particular area

• How many people live in that particular area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate and weather are the same thing.

• True

• False

Sunlight affects climate.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______ powers the Earth system and Earth's climate.

• Energy from the sun

• Precipitation

• Amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

• Population density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to the sunlight that enters the Earth system?

• All of it is reflected

• All of it is absorbed

• Some is reflected and some is absorbed

• Sunlight does not enter the Earth system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In a climate description, precipitations is usually expressed as:

• Average daily total

• Average monthly total

• Average annual (yearly) totals

• Number of teaspoons per day

Climate graphs are used to display which of the following? (choose all correct answers)

• The exact number of squirrels

• Average amount of trees

• Average monthly rainfall

• Average temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What percentage of sunlight is absorbed by Earth's surface?

• 23%

• 7%

• 47%

• 100%

What percentage of sunlight is reflected by the atmosphere?

• 23%

• 100%

• 47%

• 7%