Weather and Climate

What is climate?

• The wind speed

• Average, year after year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds

• How much rain in a week.

• The temperature outside

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of climate do you live in when you are farther from the ocean?

• Cold Climate

• Tropical Climate

• Continental Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Two major factors that classify climates are __________ and ___________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of region receives less than 25 centimeters of rain annually?

• Desert

• Tropical

• Continental

• Polar

What are the two main factors that affect an area's low pressure?

• Mountains and Temperature

• Plains and Trees

• Rain and Ocean

• Prevailing winds and Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A front that may bring many days of rain because neither air mass can move the other is called a __________ front.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A front where a warm air mass and two cold air masses are caught between each other is called a(n) _______________ front.

• warm

• cold

• occluded

• stationary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

High winds and precipitation cause a hurricane's storm surge?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a hurricane?

• A violent disturbance in the atmosphere

• A long lasting storm that begins over warm surfaces and has winds of 119 km per hour or higher

• Average rain in a year

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Tundra and ice caps are examples of a __________ climate.