Ocean Atmosphere Climate

What is El Nino to climatologists?

• a boy

• a girl

• warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean

• a change in the average temperature of the whole earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are some of the effects of El Nino?

• droughts

• crops don't grow

• flooding

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climatologists use the term atmosphere to describe the mixture of gases or air that surrounds a planet.

• True

• False

What is El Nino to Climatologists?

• A boy

• A girl

• Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.

• A change in the average temperature of the whole earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During temperature inversion, ​ (a)   air is trapped in the lower atmosphere along with​ (b)   gasses like carbon dioxide, methane and ozone . This condition ​ (c)   global warming.​

• cooler

• warmer

• greenhouse

• atmospheric

• intensifies

• reduces

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Water that is ​ (a)   moves ​ (b)   which pulls carbon into the deep ocean for ​ (c)   of years.

• colder and saltier

• downward

• thousands

• warmer and less salty

• upward

• millions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Locations closer to the equator have higher energy and higher air temperatures.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas far away from the equator receive little energy from the sun, so they must have high temperatures.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Make a prediction about the air temperature of location A and location F on the map.

• They are hot

• They are warm

• They are cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Make a prediction about the air temperature of location E on the map.

• hot

• warm

• cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5