Climate Test Review

What is the average yearly conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area?

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the area near the equator, 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south; direct or near-direct sunlight year-round produces a warm climate? Mark only one oval.

• Polar Zone

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Windward Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the areas near the poles, 66.5 degrees to 90 degrees north and 66.5 to 90 degrees south; sun strikes at a lower angle, producing a cold climate? Mark only one oval.

• Polar Zone

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Windward Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the area between 23.5 degrees and 66.5 degrees north and south; the sun's rays vary throughout the year producing a mild climate that varies between warm and cool?

• Polar Zone

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Windward Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do you call the side that is in the direction from which the wind is coming?

(a)  

What do you call the side that 'protected' away from the direction of the wind?

(a)  

What is a large, regional, seasonal sea and/or land breeze?

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is going on in this image? (Specifically, what is the name for the phenomenon on the leeward slope of the mountain range where there is a shortage of rain?)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Large volcanic eruptions ________ Earth's surface temperature. Mark only one oval.

• Increase

• Decrease

When greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere go up, that leads to a(n) __________ in Earth's surface temperature. Mark only one oval.

• Increase

• Decrease

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5