climate change and cycles

CO₂ is also known as...

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• carbon footprint

Methane is a gas that impacts climate change and is called a ...

• glasshouse gas

• greenhouse gas

• hothouse gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of these processes absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Respiration

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of these processes releases carbon dioxide into the air?

• Dissolving in sea water

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Plants being eaten by animals

What is the name of the atmospheric process which keeps the Earth warm by absorbing radiation from the Sun?

• Global warming

• Greenhouse effect

• Ozone depletion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

How does heat energy from the sun reach Earth?

• conduction

• insulation

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How is carbon stored in the biosphere? Check all that apply.

• in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

• underground as fossil fuels and calcium carbonate rock

• in the oceans as dissolved carbon dioxide

• as organic molecules in living and dead organisms found in the biosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Earth is what kind of system?

• Closed

• Open

What is the primary source of all energy on Earth?

• the sun

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How is carbon recycled?

• The carbon cycle

• At the recycle plant

• It can't be recycled

• Through water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3