SQ - Science Vocabulary

typical weather of a particular place or region averaged over at least 30 years

• climate

• atmosphere

• ocean currents

• ozone layer

• aurora

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

layers of gases surrounding Earth and bound to Earth by gravity

• climate

• atmosphere

• ocean currents

• ozone layer

• aurora

giant rivers flowing through the oceans

• climate

• atmosphere

• ocean currents

• ozone layer

• aurora

Earth's filter for harmful UV radiation

• climate

• atmosphere

• ocean currents

• ozone layer

• aurora

Bands of colored light in the night sky near the north and south poles

• climate

• atmosphere

• ocean currents

• ozone layer

• aurora

Climate is weather averaged over a period of at least how many years?

• 5

• 10

• 25

• 30

• 50

How far out away from Earth does the atmosphere extend into space?

• 250 miles

• 425 miles

• 510 miles

• 600 miles

• 750

An especially cold period in Earth's history when ice extended far out from the poles

• ice age

• ice sheet

• iceberg

• typhoon

• hurricane

large mass of land ice that covers most of the underlying bedrock

• ice age

• ice sheet

• iceberg

• typhoon

• hurricane

large mass of ice floating in the sea; usually breaks off from a glacier

• ice age

• ice sheet

• iceberg

• typhoon

• hurricane