Ocean Atmosphere and Climate Review

What is El Nino to Climatologists?

• A boy

• A girl

• Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.

• A change in the average temperature of the whole earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is not a surface

• air

• water

• land

• All of the above are surfaces

Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. It is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a thing.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which image correctly shows how the air gets energy?

• Image 1

• Image 2

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An imaginary line that's around the middle of the planet and is halfway between the north pole and the south pole.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• atmosphere

Locations closer to the equator have higher energy and higher air temperatures.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Locations that are at higher altitudes are warmer than places that are at lower altitudes.

• true

• false

City 2 is closer to the equator than City 1. Which location has a warmer air temperature?

• City 1

• City 2

• City 1 and City 2 will have the same temperature

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cleveland is 18ºC (65ºF) in the spring. What is the source for most of the energy that causes this temperature?

• The Sun

• Volcanoes

• Coal and Oil

• Trees

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Using the information in the map, how does the air temperature of City 2 compare to the air temperature of City 1? Why?

• City 2 is colder than City 1 because it has a cold current passing by.

• City 1 is warmer than City 2 because it has a warm current passing by.

• City 1 is colder than City 2 because it has a cold current passing by.

• City 2 is warmer than City 1 because it has a warm current passing by

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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