1 - Atmospheric Composition - ES

Open Ended

Claim: Humans can't really change the environment.

Question - Do you agree or disagree?

Why do you think people agree with it?

Multiple Choice

Which revision most clearly distinguises weather from clmiate?

• Climate describes temperature

  Weather describes precipitation

• Weather describes storms

  Climate describes hurricanes

• Weather refers to daily conditions

  Climate referst to long term patterns

• Weather and climate are interchangeable

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly uses the term global warming?

• Global warming includes changes in hurricanes, droughts, and ecosystems

• Global warming refers to the long-term increase in Earth's average surface temperature

• Global warming explains all forms of climate variability

• Global warminga nd lcimate change mean the same thing.

Categorize

Options (7)

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Argon

water vapor

carbon dioxide

methane

ozone

Organize these options into the right categories

Permanent Gases

Variable Gases

Multiple Choice

What sentence best explains why variable gases matter?

• Variable gases change often and therefore should be ignored

• Variable gases reamin constant an help stabilize climate.

• Variable gases change in concentartion and influence weather and climate.

• Variable gases exist only on Earth, not other planets.

Dropdown

Mars ​

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have a greenhouse effect. The temperature on Mars near the equator is​

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. This is because Mars has a ​

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atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

Which statement would best serve as a transition between a paragraph about Earth vs Mars and a paragraph about greenhouse effect?

• Mars is smaller than Earth.

• Both planets have atmospheres.

• Mars does not support human life.

• The key difference is how their atmospheres trap heat.

Multiple Choice

Which revision best strengthens the author's argument?

Original Sentence:
Mars has carbon dioxide in the atmospehre, but it is much colder than Earth.

• Mars has carbon dioxide, which provse carbon dioxide does not matter.

• Mars contains carbon dioxide, yet it's thin atmosphere cannot trap heat effectively.

• Mars and Earth both ahve carbon dioxide and similar climates.

• Carbon dioxide exists on Mars.

Match

Organize these options into the right categories

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

Supports life and weather systems

Protects life by absorbing harmful UV

Protects Earth and space debris

absorbs high energy radiation from sun

transition zone between earthand

• Supports life and weather systems

• Protects life by absorbing harmful UV

• Protects Earth and space debris

• absorbs high energy radiation from sun

• transition zone between earthand

Multiple Choice

Contains most of the clouds and water vapor of the atmosphere.

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Multiple Choice

Has a greater altitude

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Multiple Choice

Do humans live in?

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Multiple Choice

Contains ozone layer

• stratosphere

• troposphere

Multiple Select

Why does the atmosphere matter?

Select all that apply

• The atmosphere matters because it supports life.

• It only serves as a barrier against space debris.
• The atmosphere protects from radiation

• The atmosphere regulates climate and weather.

Drag and Drop

In general, as you move up through the troposphere, temperatures tend to

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until you reach the top, where they ​

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.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

decrease

increase

stay the same

decrease reapidly 

increase reapidly

Multiple Choice

Which revision improves clarity and avoids redundancy?

Original sentence:

The troposphere is the layer where weather occurs, and weather happens in the troposphere.

• The troposphere is the layer where weather happens and occurs.

• Weather occurs in the troposphere, which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere.

• The troposphere is important for wather, which occurs there.

• Weather happens in the trophosphere layer of the atmsophere

Multiple Choice

What is greenhouse effect?

• The greenhouse effect is the cooling of Earth's surface due to the loss of heat into space.
• The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon of water vapor condensing into clouds.
• The greenhouse effect is the process of increasing oxygen levels in the atmosphere.
• The greenhouse effect is the warming of Earth's surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Categorize

Options (12)

76% of atmosphere

100->1000 year lifespan

1 global warming potential (GWP)

16% of atmosphere

12 year lifespan

28-34 xs CO2 GWP

6% of atmosphere

114 year lifespan

265-298 xs CO2 GWP

<2% of atmosphere

100s-1000s of years

1000s-10,000 xs CO2 GWP

Organize these options into the right categories

Carbon dioxide

Methane

Nitrous Oxide

Florinated Gases

Multiple Select

What major event took place during the Precambrain period that permanetly altered the atmosphere?

• oxygen replaced methane

• reduced greenhouse effect

• led to global warming

• enabled complex life

Multiple Choice

How did the Great Oxygenation Event affect the Earth's climate?

• The Great Oxygenation Event caused global warming and increased humidity levels.
• The Great Oxygenation Event led to global cooling and the formation of the ozone layer, significantly altering the Earth's climate.
• The Great Oxygenation Event had no significant impact on the Earth's climate.
• The Great Oxygenation Event resulted in a decrease in atmospheric oxygen and rising temperatures.

Open Ended

In your own words (1-2 sentences), describe what happened in Snowball earth.

Multiple Choice

Which revision best connects climate science to Louisiana communities?

Original sentence:

Climate change affects coastal areas.

• Climate change affects coastal areas like Louisiana by increasing flooding and hurricane damage

• Climate change is happening everywhere.

•  Coastal areas exist in many places.

• Climate change affects weather.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best supports the claim that climate change affects Louisiana?

• Louisiana experiences weather every year.

• Louisiana is located near the Gulf of Mexico.

• Rising sea levels and stronger hurricanes increase flooding risks along Louisiana’s coast.

• Louisiana has both rural and urban areas.

Open Ended

Use at least two pieces of evidence from today’s lesson.
In 2–3 sentences:

• Explain how the atmosphere helps regulate Earth’s temperature

• Use at least two vocabulary terms from today’s lesson