6th Ch. 14 Climate

Regions with a ________ closer to the equator receive more solar radiation.

• longitude
• latitude
• climate
• landform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate is the pattern ______ in an area over many years.

• sun
• rain
• weather
• plants

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Large bodies of water can cause areas to be more ________ in climate.

• moderate
• tempermental
• severe
• dangerous

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_______ air rises and cools and releases ________.

• Warm, humidity
• Warm, precipitation
• Cool, precipitation
• Cool, humidity

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What 3 aspects of a climate are considered in the climate classification system?

• humidity, landforms, plant type
• temperature, air pressure, ocean currents
• temperature, precipitation, plant type
• lakes, mountains, precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the term that explains why one side of a mountain gets a lot of precipitation, and the other side of the mountain is dry.

• specific heat

• air pressure

• altitude

• rain shadow

Seasons are caused by _________.

• Earth's rotation
• the distance between Earth and the Sun
• Earth's tilted axis
• the changing weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When an area on Earth experiences winter, that part of the Earth is _________.

• tilted toward the sun
• close to the Sun
• farther away from the Sun
• tilted away from the Sun

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When the tilt of Earth increases, the change between winter and summer is _______.

• lesser
• negligible
• greater
• not affected

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Which of these is NOT one of Koppen's Climate Types?

• Temperature Climate

• Polar Climate

• Continental Climate

• Dry Climate

• Tropical Climate