Weather & Water: Investigation 9

What is a greenhouse gas found in Earth's atmosphere created by natural or human-made processes?

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• carbon dioxide

• helium

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What is the process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere then typically stored underground?

• carbon sequestration

• oxygen sequestration

• nitrogen sequestration

• helium sequestration

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is the change in our climate due to increased greenhouse gases and energy usage?

• weather change

• severe weather

• climate change

• climate sequestration

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

What is a scientist who studies climate?

• paleoclimatologist

• geologist

• climatologist

• meteorologist

What is a substance being let out into the atmosphere?

• transpiration

• energy transfer

• emission

• pollulant

What is a worldwide warming trend on Earth that affects global weather?

• forecast warning

• greenhouse warming

• infrared warming

• global warming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What is the process in which greenhouse gases "trap" heat by absorbing and radiating heat energy so that it doesn't pass through the atmosphere and exit into space?

• global warming

• kinetic energy

• emission effect

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What is a gas that absorbs and radiates energy in the atmosphere and trapping thermal energy?

• radiant gas

• greenhouse gas

• global gas

• thermal gas

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is a sample from deep, ancient ice near Earth's poles that provides information about the gas content of the atmosphere in the past?

• ice core

• gas core

• rock core

• water core

What is radiant energy that is beyond the red end of the visible spectrum and contains thermal heat energy?

• visible light

• ultraviolet light

• infrared light

• black light

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NGSS.HS-PS4-4