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SM5Climate and Climate Change

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about climate and climate change.

Appears in: Science, High School

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Expectations

  • SM5.a

    Analyze and interpret data to construct explanations for various global climate types based upon climatic characteristics such as latitudinal variations in insolation, distribution of land and water, prevailing winds, average temperature and precipitation, atmospheric circulation, physical geography, altitude, and ocean currents.

  • SM5.b

    Ask questions and communicate information about factors impacting global climate change (e.g., Milankovitch and ENSO cycles, greenhouse gases, changes in physical geography).

  • SM5.c

    Construct an argument from evidence about the potential implications of global climate change on weather

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Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.