Earth history, Atmosphere and climate change

1. What are the two types of fossils?

• Rock Fossil and Body Fossil
• Body Fossil and Trace Fossil
• Trace Fossil and Sedimentary rock

Fossils that are not the actual organism but evidence of that organism's existence.

• index fossils
• trace fossils 
• altered hard parts
• original preservation

What is hardened tree sap called?

• coprolites
• index fossils
• gastroliths
• amber

During which era did the earliest dinosaurs appear?

• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does a barometer do?

• measures air pressure
• measures temperature
• measures humidity
• measures length

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A layer of air that surrounds Earth to keep us warm is called ...

• atmosphere
• Sun's rays
• ozone layer
• air pressure

What protects Earth from ultraviolet rays from the sun?

• ozone layer

• mesosphere

• air pressure

• troposphere

What layer comes next:
Troposphere - 
stratosphere -
?????

• mesosphere
• exosphere
• thermosphere
• ionosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Each one of these gases is a greenhouse gas, except which one?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• hydrogen dioxide

• methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Trees are so important to our environment because they absorb (sink) which greenhouse gas?

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6