Human Population Growth and Climate

Which area of the world was the most populated in 1800?

• Africa

• Asia / India

• Europe

• North America

• South America

What “people and society” event happened in 1980 that was aimed at population growth? 

• Solar power

• Smallpox eradicated

• China's one child policy

• Nuclear meltdown at 3-mile island

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What agricultural problem occurred in 2006?

• Meat consumption rising

• The human genome is sequenced

• China surpasses the USA as the largest carbon dioxide emitter

• Global fisheries in jeopardy

What type of greenhouse gas is the most prevalent (common) worldwide?

• Methane

• Oxygen

• Nitrous Oxide

• Carbon dioxide

What human activities contribute CO₂ to the atmosphere? There is more than one right answer - mark all that are true.

• Driving cars

• Burning coal for electricity

• Burning forests to clear land

• Getting energy from solar panels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is a greenhouse gas?

• Gases in a greenhouse

• A gas that absorbs infrared radiation (heat) and traps that heat in the atmosphere

• Gases that are emitted from a house with a green color

• Gases that are preventing global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is causing the spike at the end of the graph?

• The natural cycle of increasing and decreasing carbon dioxide

• Human production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

• The sun is getting hotter and hotter

• Rising sea levels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happened in the 1700's and 1800's that helped the world population grow so quickly?

• The Black Death ravages Asia and Europe

• Inventions that improved the production of goods in factories

• Inventions that improved food production

• Discoveries in medicine that helped people survive diseases