MS.ESS2D.a

(MS.ESS2D.a) Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and...

MS.ESS2C.b

(MS.ESS2C.b) The complex patterns of the changes and the movement of water in the atmosphere, determined by winds, landforms, and ocean temperatures and currents, are major determinants of local weather patterns.

MS.ESS2C.c

(MS.ESS2C.c) Global movements of water and its changes in form are propelled by sunlight and gravity.

MS.ESS2C.a

(MS.ESS2C.a) Water continually cycles among land, ocean, and atmosphere via transpiration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization, and precipitation, as well as downhill flows on land.

MS.PS3B.c

(MS.PS3B.c) Energy is spontaneously transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones.