Climate

Warm and humid winds that blow from east to west at or near the Earth's Equator.

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds that blow from west to east over the Temperate Climate Zone.

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Very cold polar winds that blow from east to west and sometimes mix with Westerlies creating storms.

• Polar Easterlies

• Westerlies

• Trade Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A narrow band of strong winds that separate cold air and warm air.

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

• Trades

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The spinning of the Earth causes the winds to appear curved.

• Rotational Winds

• Polar Vortex

• Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate refers to which of the following...

• Weather patterns from a day to day events.

• How hot or cold a continent is.

• The average weather conditions in one place over a long period

  of time.

A hot and humid zone near the equator with heavy precipitation.

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Continental Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A very warm to hot zone with little precipitation where most water evaporates very quickly.

• Temperate Zone

• Tropical Zone

• Dry Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A zone with warm humid summers and mild winters. A 4 season zone with winter, spring, summer and fall.

• Continental Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Dry Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This zone has warm to cool summers and very cold winters

with snowstorms and blizzards.

• Temperate Zone

• Polar Zone

• Continental Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6