Climate Change Review

 What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• methane

• water vapor

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

If you wanted to take a core sample of an ice sheet, what would you need?

• A glacier

• A very large freezer

• A thermometer

• A special drill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ___________________.

• sunspots
• global warming
• ice ages
• arid

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The amount of carbon dioxide CO₂ in the atmosphere is decreasing. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

When did climate change (CO2 in the atmosphere) increase significantly?

• 1800s Industrial Revolution

• 1600s Industrial Revolution

• 1800 Crusades

• 1600 Crusades

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6