Climate Change

Micah is reading a book about climate change. He made a table to record what he learns. He organized his table using two columns, X and Y.

Micah plans to replace X and Y in his table with words. Which are the best words for him to use?

• X: Volcano eruptions     Y: Burning fuels

• X: Burning fuels           Y: Volcano eruptions

• X: Affects weather       Y : Does not affect weather

• X: Does not affect weather.  Y: Affects weather

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A scientist is looking at this ring.

By studying tree rings, the scientist can study the ______ of the area surrounding the tree's location.

• climate

• greenhouse gasses

• soil temperature

• elevation

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Which questions can the scientist help to answer by studying the tree rings?

 

                 

• Did the area of the tree experience warm temperatures and a lot of precipitation?

• What is the age of the tree?   

• Did the climate of the area where the tree is located change?

• All of the above.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It is produced when humans burn fuel. The graph shows the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between the years 1700 and 2000.

Use the evidence shown to complete each sentence. The percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will probably continue to _________as people keep burning more fuels.

• stay the same

• increase

• decrease

• constant

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Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It is produced when humans burn fuel. The graph shows the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between the years 1700 and 2000.

Use the evidence shown to complete each sentence. The percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will probably continue to increase as people keep burning more fuels. This will make Earth's climate ____.

• warmer

• wetter

• cooler

• constant

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.   Katya has a map of a glacier. Katya uses the map to learn how the length of the glacier has changed over time. She records what she has learned in the table.

Use the table to complete the sentences.

The glacier is ___________over time.

• melting

• freezing

• constant

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Katya has a map of a glacier. Katya uses the map to learn how the length of the glacier has changed over time. She records what she has learned in the table. Use the table to complete the sentences.

The glacier is melting over time. This most likely means that the climate in this part of the world is getting ____________.

• wetter

• warmer

• cooler

• constant

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Mount Pinatubo is a volcano. It erupted in 1991 and sent a huge cloud of ash over the area. How did the cloud of ash most likely affect the climate in this area?

• The climate got drier because ash takes moisture from the air.

• The climate got cooler because ash caused the greenhouse effect.

• The climate got cooler because ash blocked sunlight.

• The climate got drier because ash stopped precipitation from falling to Earth.