Climate factors

What is the climate of the top of a mountain like as compared to the bottom of the mountain?

• warmer
• cooler
• drier
• wetter

Which of these is NOT a factor that determines the climate of a place?

• latitude
• wind patterns
• longitude
• elevation

Climates are classified according to which two major factors?

• elevation & precipitation
• latitude & temperature
• elevation & latitude
• precipitation & temperature

The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate
• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

"When the altitude increases; the temperature decreases" is an example of what?

• Influence of ocean currents
• Influence of proximity to water
• Influence of wind
• Influence of elevation

Large bodies of water affecting the temperature of  region in an example of which climatic element?

• Influence of elevation
• Proximity to water
• Influence of ocean currents
• Influence of latitudes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas closer to the __________ receive more direct Sun.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Poles

• Tropic of Capricorn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which sentence best describes how latitude and temperature are related?

• LOWER latitude = COLDER air temperature
• HIGHER latitude = COLDER air temperature
• HIGHER latitude = WARMER temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations
• they receive more solar energy
• they are nearer to ocean currents
• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which graph best shows the general effect that differences in elevation above sea level have on the average annual temperature?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5