Test Review (3/4/19) - Atmosphere

what is global warming?

• when the earth is completely normal and nothing happens

• when the earth gets very cold and freezes up the planet

• a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere

• when earth gets really really really hot

what causes global warming?

• the sea creatures

• CO2 collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight that's bounced of earth

• us humans, and our use of transportation is causing global warming

• agriculture and deforestation

What is the greenhouse effect?

• how much energy is getting trapped in the atmosphere

• a glass building in which plants are grown that need protection from cold weather

• when a house turns green

• the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere
• Ionosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere generates the aurora borealis (aka "Northern Lights")?

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere
• Ionosphere

What is the greenhouse effect?

• warming of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere.
• cooling of the earth due to gases in our atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

We need the natural greenhouse effect for Earth to be habitable.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

The enhanced greenhouse effect leads to global warming.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What are the main greenhouse gases?

• CO2, CH4, H2O, O3

• NO2, NH4, H2O, O2

• CO, H3O, CH3

The following graph tells us what?

• Sea Levels are decreasing.
• Sea Levels are rising.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4