Climate/ Climate Change review

Which of the following is a piece of evidence that supports global warming?

• Increase in Earth's average global temperature

• Increase in sea level

• Decrease in energy (radiation) emitted by the sun

• Decrease in size/mass of the Arctic Polar Ice Caps

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What substance is most responsible for ozone depletion?

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)

• Chlorine gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What is the significant long-term change in the expected patterns of average weather over time called?

• Climate Change

• Ozone layer

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Define Ozone Layer

• Heat trapped by greenhouse gases

• An increase in Earth's average temperature

• Significant long-term change in the expected patterns of average weather over time

• Layer of gas that shields Earth from UV light

Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is called

• Climate Change

• Ozone Layer

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

True or False: Water vapor and carbon dioxide are two types of greenhouse gases.

• True

• False

All of these graphs reveal scientific evidence for climate change. Which graph has the most significant increase of change in a short period of time?

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

In Graph A, Atmosphereic CO2 Concentrations, what is the highest historical CO2 level recorded before 1950

• 180 ppm

• 220 ppm

• 300 pmm

• 380 ppm

What is the sea level change (in mm) from 1995-2013?

• 70 mm

• 50 mm

• 60 mm

• 30 mm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What affects climate?

• closeness to a large body of water

• distance north or south of the equator

• elevation/altitude

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6