Climate Change Vocabulary Quez

the average weather conditions in a specific region over a long period of time

• climate change

• climate

• weather

• global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the natural process of solids, liquids or gases erupting from a surface of a planet

• convection

• radiation

• absorption

• volcanic activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the continuous directed movements of ocean water

• ocean circulation

• carbon sink

• convection

• reflection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the part of the Earth where life exists

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the process where one thing takes in another

• radiation

• reflection

• absorption

• adsorption

an event created by the movement of Earth's continental plates

• volcanic eruption

• climate change

• earthquake

• tectonic event

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

an accumulation of snow and ice that slowly flows over land

• glacier

• volcano

• tsunami

• tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the emission of energy as electromagnetic rays or as moving subatomic particles

• radiation

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

a natural gas in the atmosphere that traps heat (greenhouse gas)

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• carbon

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

the third planet from the Sun known to harbor life

• Mars

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3