Vocabulary Quiz 5

Climate

• the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over a long period of time
• an imaginary line about which the Earth rotates
• a climate pattern that describes the unusual cooling of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
• The Earth's orbit around the Sun changes due to the gravitational effects of Jupiter and Saturn.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Climate Change

• long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

• a climate pattern that describes the unusual cooling of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

• an eleven year cyles where the poles of the sun flip

• the heating of the ocean surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Earth's Axis

• an imaginary line about which the Earth rotates
• periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives, thus affecting its climate
• a period of time between 1645-1715 when there was very little sunspot activity
• a climate pattern that describes the unusual cooling of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

El Nino

• a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
• Our planet spins on an axis that is tilted toward the orbital plane.
• areas that appear dark on the surface of the Sun
• the long-term heating of Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

La Nina

• a climate pattern that describes the unusual cooling of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
• the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region
• the fraction of light that a surface reflects
• periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives, thus affecting its climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Global Warming

• the long-term heating of Earth's surface
• a hoofed herbavore that has a specialized digestive system where they ferment their food during digestion.
• a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created from plates that float and move on the Earth's mantle
• As Earth spins, its axis wobbles in a circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Milankovitch Cycles

• periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives, thus affecting its climate
• the equilibrium formed between organisms and their environment
• formed when sulfur dioxide expelled from volcanoes mixes with water.
• Our planet spins on an axis that is tilted toward the orbital plane.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Precession

• As Earth spins, its axis wobbles in a circle
• a mixture of rock, mineral, and glass particles expelled from a volcano during a volcanic eruption
• a gaseous air pollutant composed of sulfur and oxygen
• The Earth's orbit around the Sun changes due to the gravitational effects of Jupiter and Saturn.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Obliquity

• Our planet spins on an axis that is tilted toward the orbital plane.
• a gaseous air pollutant composed of sulfur and oxygen
• an opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock, gases, and debris to escape to the surface.
• a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Eccentricity

• The Earth's orbit around the Sun changes due to the gravitational effects of Jupiter and Saturn.
• a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created from plates that float and move on the Earth's mantle
• a mixture of rock, mineral, and glass particles expelled from a volcano during a volcanic eruption
• the natural warming of the earth that results when gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun that would otherwise escape into space.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2