Earth's Changing Climate Vocabulary

general weather patterns over a long period of time

• change

• climate

• combustion

• fluctuation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

changes in climate over a long period of time that can be caused by natural events or human activities

• weather

• Deforestation

• Ice Age

• Climate Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

variations in a set of data

• Fluctuation

• data

• model

• methane

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time

• Fluctuation

• Trend

• Claim

• Evidence

the ability to make things move or change

• trend

• temperature

• Energy

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a measure of how hot or cold something is

• Fluctuate

• Temperature

• Climate

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

to take in

• absorb

• trend

• energy

• change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-6

the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• energy

• weather

• atmosphere

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• atmosphere

• combustion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• combustion

• model

• energy

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3