Climate Change

A warm-water event that can change weather patterns causing heavy rains or droughts:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Sunspots

• Global Warming

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A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere:

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Gas

• El Niño

• Climate

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The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area:

• Tropical Zone

• Climate

• El Niño

• La Niña

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sea or land breeze over a large region that can bring heavy rains:

• Windward

• Leeward

• Monsoon

• Sunspots

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Cold periods in Earth's history during when glaciers covered large parts of the surface:

• Sunspots

• Ice Age

• La Niña

• Global Warming

A cold-water event in the Pacific ocean that brings colder than normal winter weather:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Global Warming

• Sunspots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major one:

• Greenhouse Gas

• Global Warming

• Sunspot

• CFCs

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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Chlorine compounds that are the main cause of the ozone hole:

• Greenhouse Gas

• CFCs

• Global Warming

• Monsoon

What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change

• gases that emit green smoke

• gases that are used to make green colored glass

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere

• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere

• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5