Climate Change Review: THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Which of the following is an example of CLIMATE? (Not weather)

• Today's forecast is 65 degrees F and a little windy.

• This week it's been pretty cold in Boston.

• Usually summers are hot and humid in Boston.

• This summer in Boston the weather was hot and humid.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change ?

• droughts

• flooding

• melting of polar ice caps

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is a CAUSE of climate change?

• Forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves

• human activity releasing more greenhouse gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due gases trapping radiation (heat from sun).

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

• When a glass house with plants in it gets hot

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

T/F: The greenhouse effect is bad for the planet.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

T/F: The "human-enhanced" greenhouse effect is trapping too much heat and raising global temperatures.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using public transportation and there by reduce the affects of greenhouse gases.

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False