HHMI Earthviewer Exploring Earth's Climate

Over the last 540 million years, icecaps covered at least one of the earth's poles during three intervals the oldest from the interval ________, at the end of the Ordovician Period

• approximately 455-440 MYA

• 330-280 MYA

• 22000 BP- present

• 540 MYA- 480 MYA

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The approximate temperature range during polar icecap events was______

• 25 to 30 degrees Celsius

• -3 to 5 degrees Celsius

• 9 to 17 degrees Celsius

• 22 to 65 degrees Farenheit

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

When global temperatures were less than 5 degrees Celsius, Earth looked like________.

• chicken nuggets

• a giant snow ball

• a blue and green marble

• the red planet

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

At 2200 MYA, Snowball earth started due to

• A giant impact event on the moon

• green house effect CO2 accumulation from Volcanoes

• hitchhiking snow negative feedbacks

• runaway ice albedo positive feedbacks

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Snowball earth events ended due to ______.

• A giant impact event on the moon

• green house effect CO2 accumulation from Volcanoes

• hitchhiking snow negative feedbacks

• runaway ice albedo positive feedbacks

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

During the past 100 years, The temperature differences were represented by different colors. Which color represented an increase of 1 degree Celsius

• Red

• Dark blue

• White

• Yellow

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Based on the temperature chart provided, how much has the Earth warmed in the last 100 years?

• -3 degrees C

• 0.5 degrees C

• 0.8 degrees C

• 3 degrees C

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The average global temperature for the period 1951-1980 was _____.

• 12 degrees Farenheit

• 65 degrees Celsius

• 300 degrees Kelvin

• 14 degrees Celsius

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

As the average global temperature increases, _____.

• Biodiversity increases

• Luminosity decreases

• Carbon Dioxide increases

• Day Length decreases

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

As global temperature increases, ________.

• Carbon dioxide decreases

• Day length increases

• Biodiversity decreases

• Luminosity increases

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5