Earth's Changing Climate Vocab

Climate

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

• changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

• the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Climate Change

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

• information collected in an investigation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Trend

• information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

• the ability to make things move or change

• variations in a set of data

• overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fluctuation

• an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• variations in a set of data

• overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Energy

• to bounce off without absorbing

• variations in a set of data

• the ability to make things move or change

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Temperature

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

• overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time

• a claim supported by evidence

• the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Absorb

• the ability to make things move or change

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• to take in

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Atmosphere

• a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

• the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

• the ability to make things move or change

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Carbon Dioxide

• variations in a set of data

• a molecule made of carbon and hydrogen atoms

• a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

• general weather patterns over a long period of time

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Methane

• a molecule made of carbon and hydrogen atoms

• to bounce off without absorbing

• a measure of how hot or cold something is

• a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1