Climate and Weather

The daily changes we see outside is called

• climate.

• weather.

• precipitation.

• temperature.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is temperature?

• ocean currents

• weather and climate

• rain, sleet, hail, snow

• the hotness or coldness of anything

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Precipitation is

• weather.

• rain, sleet, hail, and snow.

• hot, cold, and rainy.

• temperature.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_____________ is what usually happens from year to year.

• A tropical cyclone

• Climate

• Hurricanes

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which statement describes why the Earth has seasons?

• Its axis is titled as it revolves around the sun.
• The distance changes as it revolves around the sun.
• The moon revolves around it.
• The sun's axis is tilted.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What landform causes the rain shadow effect?

• mountains

• lakes

• plains

• valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to the air temperature?

• nothing

• it decreases

• it increases

• it fluctuates between warm and cold

1. This side of the mountain is dry and desert like because of the rain shadow effect.

• Leeward

• Sideward

• Windward

• Land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

On the leeward side of a mountain, you might find _____.

• Heavy rainfall

• Desert

• More vegetation

• More snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What landform causes the rain shadow effect?

• Mountains

• Lakes

• Plains

• Valleys