An Inconvenient Truth--original

What percentage of people around the world get their drinking water from river and spring systems that are fed over 50% by the glaciers?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

To figure out how much CO2 (carbon dioxide) was in the atmosphere in any given year, scientists study...

• tree roots

• ice core samples

• weather records

• oral histories

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

When scientists look at the ice core data, what two things seem to match up?

• carbon dioxide and temperature

• snow and rainfall

• temperature and rainfall

• carbon dioxide and snow

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

When the oceans get warmer, storms seem to get stronger.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Even though there have been more floods, there have also been increased droughts.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When the temperatures increase, soil loses more ________________ to evaporation

• dirt

• moisture

• plants

• pollinators

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The polar ice cap has diminished ___________% in 40 years

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

• 75%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The most published photo in history is a picture of the earth taken from Apollo 17 in ____________.

• 1950

• 1969

• 1972

• 1983

The most vulnerable part of the Earth's ecological system is the ___________________ because it is so thin.

• Crust

• Shell

• Air

• Atmosphere

The sun's radiation comes into our atmosphere in the form of light ______________.

• rays

• beams

• waves

• bulbs

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1