Amplify-Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Ch. 1 Review

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

• true

• false

What are some of the effects of El Nino?

• droughts

• crops don't grow

• flooding

• All of the above are effects of El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Air with more energy will have a lower temperature than air with less energy.

• true

• false

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

• hot

• cold

• warm

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.

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

• hot

• cold

• warm

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

• True

• False

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

• hot

• cold

• warm

Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. It is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a thing.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is not a surface

• air

• water

• land

• All of the above are surfaces