Earth Week Review

Pollution _________________________.

• is harmful materials put into the environment
• found in air, water, and land
• effects plants, animals, and people
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a landfill?

• A place for people to recycle
• A place where people's trash is taken
• A place where oil spills begin
• A type of factory

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

How do landfills effect the environment?

• Landfills cause fish to be poisoned and die.
• Landfills support plant growth and healthy soil.
• Landfills cause smog in the air.
• Landfills cause chemicals from trash to absorb into the soil and harm plants.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

_____________________ is the contamination of air, land, and water.

• Conservation

• Ecology

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Carbon Dioxide Gases
• Methane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often
• by melting glaciers and ice caps
• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions
• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The greenhouse gases having the greatest role in human-caused global warming is

• methane (CH₄)

• carbon dioxide (CO₂)

• water vapor (H₂O)

• ozone (O₃)

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these will reduce deforestation

• Recycle as much paper as possible

• Stop paying third world countries to produce more biofuel crops

• Replant sapling immediately trees have been cleared

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5