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6th grade · Science · Unit 8 of 9

Climate & Oregon's Changing Climate

What shapes climate, why Earth is warming, and watching our impact.

What your child practices

Practices how unequal heating, Earth's rotation, ocean currents and mountains shape climate, the evidence that human activity is warming Earth, and ways to monitor and reduce human impacts, with Oregon examples like shrinking glaciers on Mount Hood, Cascade snowpack and the cool ocean off the coast.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6.ESS2.6; 6.ESS3.5; 6.ESS3.3 · how heating and Earth's rotation shape climate, causes of recent climate change, and monitoring and reducing human impacts

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

    Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere…

    • block all sunlight
    • trap heat near Earth's surface
    • make oxygen
    • cool Earth

  2. Question 2

    Places near the equator are warmer because they get…

    • more direct sunlight
    • more wind
    • more moonlight
    • fewer clouds every day

  3. Question 3

    Unequal heating of Earth's surface causes…

    • the moon's phases
    • earthquakes
    • winds and ocean currents
    • tides only

  4. Question 4

    Coastal towns like Newport have mild winters because…

    • there is no wind
    • they are near the equator
    • they are high in the mountains
    • the ocean keeps temperatures steady

  5. Question 5

    Ocean currents affect climate by…

    • stopping wind
    • making mountains
    • carrying heat around the world
    • making the moon move

  6. Question 6

    Which helps a community cope with more heat waves?

    • Pave more parking lots
    • Remove trees
    • Plant shade trees and open cooling centers
    • Close all parks

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