Climate Change - PES

What is the direct cause of rising sea levels?

• Melting Sea Ice

• Melting Land Ice

• Climate Change

• Incfeased Precipitation

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

• deforestation

• photosynthesis

• oceans

• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere
• More cooling of the atmosphere
• More air in the atmosphere
• Less air in the atmosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

Which is a natural source of greenhouse gases?

• aerosols
• deforestation
• volcanic eruptions
• burning fossil fuels

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• forest fires
• volcanic eruptions
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which is a green-house gas?

• Methane
• Oxygen
• Hydrogen
• Ammonium

How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?

• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
• As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.
• Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate
• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Visible light reaches Earth’s surface and heats it; 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

Any amount of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere is bad for our planet.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5