Vocabulary
Trivia
Graphs
Climates
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Define Weather
The outdoor conditions at a specific place and time
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What is one natural disaster Oregon may experience?
Tsunami, earthquake, volcano, wildfire, flood, ice storm, snow storm
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Which axis is the X-Axis?
Horizontal/side to side
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Which climate would have temperatures of 35 Celsius and not produce a lot of precipitation?
Dry
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Define Evidence
Factual information or data that support or refute a claim.
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Define Climate
The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time (usually over 30 years)
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What is one natural diaster that does not happen in Oregon?
Hurricane, tornado (usually)
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Which axis is the Y-Axis?
Vertical/up and down
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Which climate is cold and dry, with its precipitation falling as snow?
Polar
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Define atmosphere
Mixture of gases that surrounds Earth
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Define Precipitation
Any form of water that falls from Earth's atmosphere
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What percent of Earth is covered by the ocean?
71%
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What should the title of a graph be?
Descriptive
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In the Amazon Rainforest it rains more than 150cm a year. Which climate is it?
Tropical
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What climate does Russia have?
Severe
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Define Mean, Median, and Mode
Mean - Found by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of values
Median - The number in the middle of the line when put in order from smallest to largest
Mode - The number that appears most of the time
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Name a volcano in Oregon or Washington.
Hood, Rainier, St. Helens
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Which parts of Oregon get the most precipitation?
The coastal west, east of us
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What climate is present in nearly all of Australia?
Dry
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What three climates does Mexico have?
Dry, highland, tropical
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Why does Oregon and Washington have so many volcanoes?
Ring of Fire
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Oregon has a coastline. Why doesn't Oregon have hurricanes?
Oregon's ocean temperatures are too cold.
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Why would you use a line graph over a scatterplot?
To show change over time
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How does climate change with latitude?
Higher and lower latitudes have colder climates.
Mild and tropical climates are found at latitudes closer to the equator/0.
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Why is it cooler on the coast and hotter inland?
The ocean regulates the temperature of the coast, keeping it cool