Climate Change

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-ESS3-5

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change ?

• droughts

• flooding

• melting of polar ice caps

• all of the above

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T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

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Changes in temperature are expected to be greatest

• near the equator
• near the poles
• between the equator and the North Pole
• between the equator and the South Pole

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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The second layer of the atmosphere up from Earth, where the ozone layer is that protects us from harmful UV rays, is the

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• troposphere
• mesosphere

What two factors are affecting the oceans due to climate change?

• decrease in temperature and increase in pH

• increase in salt levels and decrease in sea levels

• increase in temperature and decrease in pH

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is the long term, average weather for a particular time and region called?

• drought

• weather

• emissions

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6