Elevate Science Topic 4: Climate

the average weather patterns of a place over a long period of time

• climate

• weather

• elevation

• tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

climate that is very cold and dry

• tropical

• temperate

• polar

• equator

a mild climate with seasonal weather

• polar

• tropical

• temperate

• latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a climate that is warm all year

• polar

• equator

• temperate

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the imaginary line that divides the Earth into a northern and southern hemisphere

• elevation

• climate

• latitude

• equator

a measure of how far south of north of the equator a place is

• equator

• climate

• latitude

• elevation

the measurement of how high above ground something is

• elevation

• latitude

• climate

• equator

the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere

• latitude

• greenhouse effect

• greenhouse gas

• arid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

• arid

• tropical

• greenhouse gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

change in weather patterns over a long period

• elevation

• greenhouse effect

• climate change

• equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5