Regents Earth Science Climate

Mountains force air up the (leeward, windward) side and down the (windward, leeward) side

• leeward, windward

• windward, leeward

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

lower latitude = by the (equator, poles), (cooler, warmer) temperatures, (smaller, larger) temperature range

• equator, warmer, smaller

• equator, warmer, larger

• poles, warmer, smaller

• poles, cooler, larger

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

higher elevations = (cooler, warmer) temperatures

• cooler

• warmer

Windward side of mountain:

• cooler, clouds, humid

• warmer, few clouds, dry

• cooler, few clouds, dry

• warmer, clouds, humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Large bodies of water result in...

more (extreme, moderate) climate

(smaller, larger) temperature range

winters (cooler, warmer)

summers (cooler, warmer)

• moderate, smaller, warmer, cooler

• moderate, larger, cooler, warmer

• extreme, larger, cooler, warmer

• extreme, smaller, warmer, cooler

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hot climates have a (high, low) potential evapotranspiration

• high

• low

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Dry climates (low, high) precipitation (low, high) actual evapotranspiration

• low, low

• low, high

• high, low

• high, high

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During El Nino

• northwest side of South America = (decreased, increased) clouds/precipitation/flooding
• Western Pacific Ocean/Australia/Indonesia = (drought, flooding)

• decreased, drought

• increased, drought

• decreased, flooding

• increased, flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Monsoons – (yearly, seasonal) change in the (water, wind) direction, example – (New York, India)

• yearly, wind, New York

• yearly, water, India

• seasonal, wind, India

• seasonal, water, New York

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During the day short wave radiation (visible light and ultraviolet) enters Earth and during the night Earth releases long wave radiation (infrared). Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor absorbs infrared.

• Plate Tectonics

• Greenhouse Effect

• Dark Energy

• El Nino

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6