Green house gas and Clouds

what is solar energy?

• it is the energy from the sun

• it comes from fossil fuels

• the energy from inside of the earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

what is greenhouse effect

• the process of reflecting the heat from the back to the outer space.

• it is the process of trapping of heat from the sun by the greenhouse gases.

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what happens when air is heated?

• it rises

• it decreases

• no effect

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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How would Earth be different without greenhouse gases in its atmosphere?

• More heat from solar radiation would escape into space

• More solar radiation would be reflected back into space

• More solar radiatio would penetrate Earth's crust and mantle

• More heat from solar radiation would be stored in Earth's crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

About 30% of the sun's incoming energy never reaches Earth because it is....

• absorbed by the ocean
• trapped by the gravitational pull between the moon and the Earth 
• reflected back into space
• destroyed by the ozone layer

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Greenhouse gases, in moderate amounts, keep the Earth's temperature stable

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How much of the Sun's Energy is absorbed by land and oceans?

• 20%

• 7%

• 51%

• 64%