8.5B MiStar Key Concepts Unit Review (Climate)

_______________ is the average weather conditions for a place over a long period of time.

• climate

• weather

• precipitation

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______________ is the current conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.

• climate

• weather

• precipitation

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False: Earth is actually closer to the Sun when the Northern Hemisphere experiences the season of summer.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth rotates once a day on an __________  tilted with respect to its orbital plane around the Sun.

• core

• axis

• top

• bottom

True or False: Solar energy from the Sun travels in a straight line.

• True
• False

When sunlight hits Earth, the most intense sunlight hits at the _____________.

• Equator

• Poles

• Mountains

• Oceans

When sunlight hits Earth, the least intense sunlight hits at the _____________.

• Equator

• Poles

• Mountains

• Oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sunlight gets absorbed by Earth which is converted into ____________ energy.

• Wind

• Thermal

• Sound

• Magical

True or False: Higher latitudes receive more intense solar energy than do lower latitudes, resulting in higher average surface temperatures.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The primary reason why different places on Earth experience different seasons is because of Earth's ______.

• axis

• rotations

• revolutions

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6