Weather and Climate

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude
• altitude
• atmosphere
• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.

• climate
• weather
• forecast
• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How hot or cold something is - 

• friction
• temperature
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A polar climate is?

• warm and cool
• consistently moderate
• consistently cool
• consistently warm

Choose the best response that describes the reasons for the seasons on Earth.

• Distance between the sun and the Earth.

• Tilt of the Earth on its axis.

• Elliptical path of the Earth around the sun.

• Warm ocean currents and cold jet stream.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Choose the explanation that describes why it is winter in North America when it is summer in South America.

• south is always warmer than the north.

• there is less land than water in the south

• North America receives less direct sunlight during the winter

• when it is December in North America, it is June in South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

About 78% of the Earth's atmosphere is comprised of _____.

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• argon

• nitrogen