Earth Science

What is weather over a long period of time?

• A tropical vacation

• Weather

• Climate

• Science

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What layer does weather happen?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

The arrow above the land is coming down and is blue because

• the land is warm so it warms the air and warm air sinks.

• the land is cool so it cools the air and cool air sinks.

• the water is warm so it cools the air and warm air sinks.

• the land is warm so it warms the air and cool air sinks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The H pressure area involves cold air moving _____________ and is near the _____________.

• up ; land

• down ; water

• down ; moon

• down ; land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 

• Biosphere and atmosphere 

• Geosphere and atmosphere 

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere 

• Atmosphere and atmosphere 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which process is responsible for the transfer of heat through direct contact between materials?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Reflection

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.

• months

• day and night

• seasons

• years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

• towards

• up

• down

• away

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1