Factors that Affect Climate

Land temperatures heat up faster than water temperatures causing temperature extremes in inland locations.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Places located at high latitude receives less sunlight than places at low latitude.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate is

• the further you get from the equator

• the conditions of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.

• the higher you go, the colder it gets

• the average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What two factors are primarily used to describe climate?

• temperature and density

• temperature and precipitation

• winds and humidity

• precipitation and density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• Nothing

• It increases

• It decreases

• It goes up and down

What region receives the least amount of solar radiation?

• Polar Region

• Temperate Region

• Equatorial Region

• Tropical Region

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Large bodies of water affect climate because

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land

• water heats up and cools faster than land

• water and land cool at the same time

• water and land heat at the same rate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How does higher altitude affect climate?

• The process by which heat from the sun is trapped near Earth's surface.

• The higher you go above sea level, the colder it gets.

• The further you get from the equator, the colder it gets

• The closer you get to the equator, the hotter it gets.

Prevailing winds affect a region’s climate by

• controlling the amount of solar energy it receives.

• causing more precipitation on one side of a mountain

• affecting how much precipitation it receives.

• creating desert areas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The land on the ______ side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow.

• Cold

• windward

• Cloud covered

• leeward