Weather and Climate Vocab Quiz

What is the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time called?

• Weather

• Climate

• Latitude

• Longitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What term describes the day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature and precipitation?

• Climate

• Latitude

• Weather

• El Nino

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees, called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Climate

• Weather

What is the distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees, called?

• Latitude

• Climate

• Longitude

• Weather

What is the name of the climatic phenomenon characterized by unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador?

• Climate

• Weather

• El Nino

• Latitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is La Nina characterized by?

• Westerly trade winds and warm water pooling in the eastern Pacific

• Easterly trade winds and warm water pooling in the western Pacific

• No trade winds and cold water pooling in the western Pacific

• Westerly trade winds and cold water pooling in the eastern Pacific

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does topography refer to?

• The study of weather patterns

• The arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area

• The movement of tectonic plates

• The distribution of plant species in an area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following are considered greenhouse gases?

• Oxygen and nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone

• Helium and neon

• Argon and krypton

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is radiation in the context of energy transfer?

• The transfer of energy by sound waves

• The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

• The transfer of energy by water currents

• The transfer of energy by chemical reactions

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What type of light is non-visible and gives us heat frequency just below red visible light?

• Ultraviolet

• Infrared

• Visible

• X-ray