Ocean Atmosphere and Climate

Hopetown is farther from the equator than Kamina. Which location has a colder air temperature and why?

• Kamina, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the air.

• Kamina, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

• Hopetown, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the air. 

• Hopetown, because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Harold is using what he knows about cause-and-effect relationships to write a paper explaining cloud shape. How could he describe cause and effect in his paper?

• There is only one cause for cloud shape, because each effect has one cause.

• There can be more than one cause for the effect of cloud shape.

• It is impossible to determine which factors cause cloud shape and which factors are the effects of cloud shape.

• Some things, like cloud shape, do not have a cause because they just happen.

Ocean currents move energy in the form of what?

• salt

• heat

• oxygen

• nutrients

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following affects a location's air temperature?

• Latitude

• Elevation

• Ocean Currents

• All of the Above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The air temperature of a location is dependent upon ....

• energy received from the sun

• energy transferred from the surface of the earth

• energy transferred from nearby water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of water does an ocean current that comes from the equator bring to the places it passes?

• Cold

• Warm

• colder than expected

• warmer than expected

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A location's air temperature is affected by its _________ from the equator and ocean__________.

• distance & currents

• distance &temperature

• distance & ocean flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate scientists study:

• changes in the water cycle

• weather patterns over a short period of time

• weather patterns over a long period of time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which city will have higher average temperatures?

• Alpha

• Delta

• They will have the same average temperatures.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which current would bring cool water to the land it passes?

• Current 1

• Current 2

• both currents

• none of them

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6