Air Pollution & Earth's Energy Budget 2025

Gas released by the burning of fossil fuels that creates air pollution

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• nitrogen

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface

• carbon dioxide

• greenhouse gasses

• ozone layer

• point source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution due to the burning of fossil fuels?

• Respiratory and Heart problems

• Reduced food sources for humans
• Increased volcanic eruptions

• Decrease in global temperatures

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What do greenhouse gases do?

• Make the sky blue

• Trap heat inside our atmosphere

• Keep out sunlight

• Keep plants growing

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which property of light is being demonstrated in this image?

• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• bending

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If greenhouse gases increase and build up in our atmosphere, what happens?

• They trap more heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap more heat and global temperatures decrease.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures decrease.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What percentage of the Sun's energy is reflected back into space?

• 100%

• About 50%

• About 30%

• It depends on the weather.

When solar energy hits the earth

• it can be reflected by light colored surfaces like ice

• it can be absorbed by light colored surfaces like ice

• it can be reflected by dark colored surfaces like asphalt

• it cannot affect processes that occur on earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

According to the diagram, what can happen when solar energy hits clouds in Earth's atmosphere?

• it can be reflected or absorbed

• it can only be absorbed

• it can only be reflected

• it is neither reflected nor absorbed

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What amount of incoming solar energy is absorbed by Earth's land and oceans?

• 23%

• 51%

• 49%

• 15%

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4