Earth & Space Semester 2 Credit Recovery

Earth & Space Semester 2 Credit Recovery

Climate Change & Feedback Loops, Evidence & Impacts of Climate Change, Earth's Impact on Human Activities, Earth's Resources: Not Evenly Distributed, Sustainability

Directions:

Watch the videos embedded in this Quizizz. Then answer the questions. You must get an 80% or higher to earn credit in this class.

Multiple Choice

Climate change refers to

• an increase in Earth's average global temperature

• a change in the distribution of natural resources

• the seasonal changes from summer to fall to winter to spring

Multiple Choice

What is the main cause of today's changing climate?

• Increased greenhouse gases

• Increased sunlight

• Increased fossilization

• Increased vegetation

Multiple Choice

Where do most of our greenhouse gases come from?

• burning fossil fuels

• nuclear waste facilities

• water treatment plants

• carbon monoxide detectors

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT true about the impacts of climate change?

• Ice sheets are melting

• Sea levels are rising

• Weather is becoming more extreme

• We are having shorter and less frequent droughts

Multiple Choice

T/F: Earth's climate has changed in the past.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the conditions when you look outside while climate is the conditions you can expect for the next 6 months.
• Climate is the current condition outside while weather is what you can expect for the next 6 months.

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations
• they receive more solar energy
• they are nearer to ocean currents
• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

Multiple Choice

What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?

• precipitation and humidity
• temperature and air pressure
• wind conditions and humidity
• temperature and precipitation

Multiple Choice

Which is TRUE?

• We are near a catastrophic tipping point regarding climate change.

• Climate change will not impact this generation. It is a problem for the future.

Multiple Select

Why are glaciers and sea ice melting?

• Warmer air temps

• Warmer ocean temps

• Warmer solar energy

Multiple Choice

Climate change and its impacts are

• local. They stay in one place.

• global. We are all interconnected.

Multiple Choice

A warmer, wetter climate could increase

• crop yields.

• hurricanes.

• droughts.

• decomposing.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a catastrophic change?

• Tsunami

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Continental drift

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of surface water?

• Lakes

• Wetlands

• Rivers

• Aquifers

Multiple Select

What are the two main forces responsible for the movement of water within the water cycle?

• Gravity

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Geothermal energy

Multiple Choice

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

Multiple Choice

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Organic
• Metamorphic

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Extrusive

Multiple Choice

What do scientists know about an undisturbed sequence of rocks based on superposition?

• Older rocks are on top of younger

• Younger rocks are on top of older

• Older rocks have eroded away

• Younger walks get deposited and do not stay

Multiple Choice

Modern geology states that both uniformitarianism and catatrophism contribute to geologic change.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

What principle states that geologic change occurs suddenly?

• Catastrophism
• Paleontology
• Disestablishmentarianism
• Uniformatarianism

Multiple Choice

What principle states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes?

• Uniformitarianism
• Catastrophism
• Paleotology
• Disestablishmentarianism

Multiple Choice

Which of the scenarios below is most sustainable?

• Importing tropical fruits from South America

• Growing tomatoes in your backyard

• Flying often

• Mining for nonrenewables

Multiple Choice

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• it has remained at the same level
• it has decreased dramatically
• it has decreased only slightly
• it has increased dramatically

Multiple Choice

What are our basic needs?

• clothing, water, air
• food, air, clothing
• food, water, shelter
• Music, money, interpetative dance

Multiple Choice

Which of these problems could happen if we don't look after the resources we have?

• Loss of animal homes

• Climate change

• Increase in pollution

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How does population growth affect natural resources?

• The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person.

• The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is Nonrenewable Natural Resource?

• Heating
• Cooling
• Solar
• Coal

Multiple Choice

Nonrenewable resources

• can be replenished.

• cannot be replenished.

• are not limited.

• are not fossil fuels.

Multiple Choice

Renewable resources 

• can be replenished.
• cannot be replenished.
• are limited.
• are fossil fuels.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a Natural Resource?

• Coal
• Paper
• Solar
• Wind