Climate & Climate Change

A warm-water event that can change weather patterns causing heavy rains or droughts:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Sunspots

• Global Warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A cold-water event in the Pacific ocean that brings colder than normal winter weather:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Global Warming

• Sunspots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major one:

• Greenhouse Gas

• Global Warming

• Sunspot

• CFCs

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The closer you live to the north Pacific the more likely your climate will be?

• maritime tropical

• continental polar

• continental tropical

• maritime polar

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What is the difference between climate and weather?

•  Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
•  Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
• Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
•  There is not a difference between climate and weather.

Air masses are classified according to which two major factors?

• elevation & humidity

• latitude & temperature
• elevation & latitude
• humidity & temperature

The seasons are caused by___________?

• obliquity

• eccentricity

• precession

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• carbon monoxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

All of the following are effects of Global Warming EXCEPT

• increase in hurricanes
• lower sea levels
• increase in disease
• melting polar ice caps

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6