Climate Unit 1: Vocabulary

What is the state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time?

• weather
• climate
• wind
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the average atmospheric conditions over a long period of time?

• weather
• climate
• wind
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the measure of hotness or coldness expressed in Fahrenheit or Celsius?

• weather
• climate
• temperature
• global warming

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope of valley or spreading outward on a land surface?

• precipitation
• prevailing winds
• polar zone
• glacier

What is a zone that has mild and moderate temperatures and is neither hot or cold?

• temperate zone
• polar zone
• equatorial/tropical zone

What is a zone that has freezing, icy temperatures and is covered in snow?

• temperate zone
• polar zone
• equatorial/tropical zone

What is a zone that has humid and hot temperature and receives the most sunlight year round?

• temperate zone
• polar zone
• equatorial/tropical zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What falls to the Earth due to gravity as rain, hail, sleet, or snow?

• glaciers
• precipitation
• humidity
• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the increase of earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperature due to an increase in greenhouse gases and pollution?

• temperature
• climate
• global warming
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the amount of water vapor in the air?

• humidity
• glaciers
• precipitation
• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4