HMH Climate Vocabulary Quiz

A long period of abnormally low rainfall.

• adapt

• atmosphere

• drought

• floodplain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Dampness of the air.

• equator

• latitude

• drought

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Any form of water, such as rain or snow, that falls to the earth’s surface.

• precipitation

• adapt

• front

• equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

To be able to change to survive certain conditions

• humidity

• adapt

• altitude

• leeward

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is precipitation?

• A type of rock formation

• The movement of water through underground channels

• The process of water evaporating from the ground

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a temperature?

• A location’s distance north or south of the equator.

• The degree of hotness or coldness

• The gaseous mass surrounding Earth.

• The height of the land above sea level or Earth’s surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is a latitude?

• A region with no rainfall

• A type of weather forecast

• A location’s distance north or south of the equator.

• to be adapt to changes in the climate

What is the word you use to describe the side to which wind is blowing?

• windward

• leeward

• temperature

• front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a word to describe the side from which the wind is blowing.?

• windward

• leeward

• altitude

• precipitation

What is a gaseous mass surrounding Earth called?

• atmosphere

• altitude

• equator

• windward

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6