Weather 3 Vocabulary

Weather 3 Vocabulary

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Weather 3 Vocabulary

Weather 3 Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-5, HS-ESS2-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Christie Vaughn

Used 65+ times

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The driving energy source for the heating of Earth and the circulation in Earth's atmosphere.

Greenhouse effect

Coriolis effect

Solar energy

Convection current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

When gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain energy radiated from land and ocean surfaces, thereby regulating Earth's surface and keeping it suitable for living.

Coriolis effect

Greenhouse effect

Solar energy

Climate regions

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Currents created because warm air near Earth's surface rises and cools as it goes up.

Convection currents

Ocean surface currents

Jet streams

Climate regions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Currents of Earth's oceans that circulate warm and cold ocean waters in convection patterns and influence weather and climates of the land masses nearby.

Convection currents

Ocean surface currents

Greenhouse effect

Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The average weather for a particular region and time period.

Climate regions

Coriolis effect

Solar energy

Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

Solar energy

Greenhouse effect

Weather

Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Earth's winds move in a rotated pattern (curve) because of the rotation of Earth around its axis.

Coriolis effect

Greenhouse effect

Global winds

Convection current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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