Ocean, Atmosphere & Climate

Weather includes...

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Wind

• Air Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The air temperature of a location is dependent upon ....

• energy received from the sun

• energy transferred from the surface of the earth

• energy transferred from nearby water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of water does an ocean current that comes from the equator bring to the places it passes?

• Cold

• Warm

• colder than expected

• warmer than expected

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A location's air temperature is affected by its _________ from the equator and ocean__________.

• distance & currents

• distance &temperature

• distance & ocean flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Some of the sun's energy is transferred from the Earth's surface to the air above the surface.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What are some of the effects of El Nino?

• droughts

• crops don't grow

• flooding

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Climate scientists study:

• changes in the water cycle

• weather patterns over a short period of time

• weather patterns over a long period of time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Transfer is:

• standing in one area for a certain period of time

• move from one object to another or one place to another

• moving at a constant speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

An effect may have more than one cause. These may be linked into a chain of causes and effects.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4