Global Temperature Change

Where has the temperature changed the most?

• central latitude
• central longitude
• north pole
• south pole

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Describe the average temperature change from 1880 to 2010.

• increase by 0.8
• increase by 1.0
• increase by 0.6
• increase by 0.4

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How does atmospheric carbon dioxide affect global temperature?

• more CO2, lower temperature
• less CO2, lower temperature
• less CO2, higher temperature
• more CO2, higher temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What two things can happen when energy from the Sun interacts with the ground?

• absorbed & reflected
• absorbed & refracted
• absorbed & transmitted
• reflected & refracted

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Carbon dioxide keeps infrared radiation: 

• on the ground
• in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happens if you remove all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? The temperature:

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Carbon dioxide traps heat, causing the temperature to increase. If there is no carbon dioxide, the heat can “escape” Earth’s atmosphere (instead of getting trapped) and the temperature will not rise.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How do carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases cause Earth's atmosphere to warm?

• absorb incoming solar radiation
• reflect incoming solar radiation
• absorb outgoing infrared radiation
• emit outgoing infrared radiation.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is one cause of the carbon dioxide increase over the past 50 years?

• tree farms
• fossil fuel use
• medicine
• technology

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

During the winter, carbon dioxide increases (as opposed to the summer) because people use LESS fossil fuels in the winter to heat buildings.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6