Climate and Climate Change

Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Which of the following is contributing to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• deforestation
• photosynthesis
• oceans
• all of the above

Name Greenhouse gas

• CO2

• Methane

• Oxygen

• All of above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area:

• Tropical Zone

• Climate

• El Niño

• La Niña

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A warm-water event that can change weather patterns causing heavy rains or droughts:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Sunspots

• Global Warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A cold-water event in the Pacific ocean that brings colder than normal winter weather:

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Global Warming

• Sunspots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere:

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Gas

• El Niño

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat; carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major one:

• Greenhouse Gas

• Global Warming

• Sunspot

• CFCs

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Chlorine compounds that are the main cause of the ozone hole:

• Greenhouse Gas

• CFCs

• Global Warming

• Monsoon

Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer