Topic 10 Climate

Which of the following is NOT a factor impacting Earth's climate?

• Elevation

• Longitude

• Ocean Currents

• Proximity to large bodies of water and prevailing wind directions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It is a measure of a substances ability to store heat. It is measured as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a material by 1^OC.

• Albedo

• Heat Capacity

• Temperature

• Thermohaline Circulation

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

"Energy that is emitted or transmitted in the form of waves" is...

• Radiation

• Solar Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Visible Light

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

"Atmospheric conditions such as temperature, precipitation and humidity at a particular time and place" is...

• Climate

• Climate Change

• Ecozone

• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is "...the recent trend of increasing average temperature of Earth's surface" called?

• Climate Change

• Global Warming

• Solar Radiation

• Thermal Expansion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is NOT used as evidence of climate change occurring today?

• Shrinking Size of Polar Ice Caps

• Rising Air Temperatures

• Rising Sea Levels

• Extinction of animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following absorbs more heat (radiation)?

• Black material

• Gray material

• Snow and ice

• White material

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

"Percentage of incoming light/radiation reflected by the surface of a material" is...

• Albedo

• Conductivity

• Global Warming

• Heat Loss

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It is colder at the North Pole than the Equator because...

• Solar radiation strikes the Earth directly at the North Pole

• The North Pole is further away from the Sun than the Equator

• Due to the curvature AND the tilt of the Earth. solar radiation is spread across a larger area at the North Pole

• The Earth's wobble causes the North Pole to move away from the incoming radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A reservoir, such as a ocean or a forest, that absorbs and stores thermal energy for a period of time.

• Heat sink

• Radiation reservoir

• Thermal store

• Thermal expansion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4