ESS.5.1 Understand how Earth systems (hydrosphere and atmosphere) impact patterns of weather and climate.
ESS.5.1.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.
ESS.5.1.2 Analyze and interpret weather data to explain current and upcoming weather conditions (including severe weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes) in a given location.
ESS.5.1.3 Construct an explanation to summarize the ocean's influences on weather and climate in North Carolina.
ESS.5.1.4 Use models to explain how the sun’s energy drives the processes of the water cycle (including evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation).