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6th grade · Science · Unit 8 of 9

Climate & Climate Change

What shapes climate, and why Earth is warming.

What your child practices

Practices how latitude, oceans, mountains and winds shape regional climate, such as California's mild coast and dry deserts, and the evidence for and causes of rising global temperatures.

California Content Standards learning standard: MS-ESS2-6; MS-ESS3-5 · what shapes regional climate, and the causes of rising global temperatures

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Smaller snowpack in the Sierra Nevada means…

    • no change in rivers
    • more water in summer
    • rivers flow uphill
    • less water in rivers in summer

  2. Question 2

    El Niño years change Northwest weather because…

    • Pacific Ocean temperatures shift
    • the moon is closer
    • the sun turns off
    • mountains move

  3. Question 3

    A cold ocean current along California's coast makes summers there…

    • hot and humid
    • snowy
    • stormy every day
    • cool and foggy

  4. Question 4

    Which action uses less energy?

    • Walking or biking short trips
    • Driving alone everywhere
    • Leaving lights on
    • Heating an empty house

  5. Question 5

    Which helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions?

    • Burning more coal
    • Using renewable energy
    • Cutting forests
    • Driving more

  6. Question 6

    Climate is…

    • today's weather
    • the average weather of a place over many years
    • a single hot day
    • one storm

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