Climate Change

The Carbon Cycle naturally moves carbon on earth by

• Releasing it from rocks

• Absorbing it into the oceans

• Photosynthesis and respiration

• All of these processes move carbon

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Humans burn fossil fuels and release CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) into the atmosphere by

• Breathing out CO2

• Drinking water

• Cooking a steak

• Burning coal, natural gas, and oil

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Human activity has been identified as contributing to climate change, through heating up the earth by

• Using all the freshwater on earth

• Raising CO2 levels in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution

• Polluting the earth with too much plastic

• Cohesion

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Why is the greenhouse effect important to us?

• Without it we would all be a frozen ball of ice

• It traps enough heat in the atmosphere to keep us warm

• A small amount of greenhouse gas is necessary for life to exist

• All of these

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What is the difference between weather and climate? (CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS)

• Weather is the temperature outside now

• Climate is total snowfall

• Climate is the average weather over a long period of time

• Weather is more accurate

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The trapping of warmth in the atmosphere due to greenhouse gasses

• The average weather over a long period of time

• The current conditions in the atmosphere

• An instagram filter that makes everything look green

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What are greenhouse gasses?

• Gasses that help plants grow

• Gasses we burn to produce energy

• Certain gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping

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Which of the following could cause the climate of a planet to change?

• Volcanic ash from a huge eruption could block sunlight and cool the planet

• An increase in Greenhouse Gasses

• Both of these are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What evidence do we have that the climate is changing?

• Increased global temperatures

• Glaciers and arctic ice are melting

• Sea level is rising

• All of these are evidence the climate is changing

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Which of these activities adds CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) to our atmosphere (SELECT 3)

• Burning fossil fuels

• Volcanic eruptions

• Forest fires

• Photosynthesis

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