Climate Change LC1 Review

Scientists can look at the edges of leaves.  More leaves with _______ edges live when the climate is warmer.

• smooth

• toothed

Scientists can look at the air bubbles trapped in ice cores.  More ______ will be found when the climate is warmer.

• Carbon Dioxide/CO2

• Oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Scientists can look at fossilized pollen found in soil.  If pollen from an/a ____ is found, then the climate was warmer during that time period.

• evergreen tree

• palm tree

Which gas was added to the Young Earth’s atmosphere by volcanoes?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide/CO2

Oxygen in the atmosphere allowed for animals to adapt and evolve on Earth

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Oxygen in the hydrosphere, can increase or decrease the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere

• Ture

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Oxygen gas has always been present on Earth

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

If the Earth absorbs more energy from the Sun,

the temperature will ________

• increase

• decrease

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

If the Earth absorbs more energy from the Sun,

the result will be a _______ period.

• glacial

• interglacial

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

If the eccentricity of a planet’s orbit decreases (it becomes more circular and gets close to the sun), how does that affect the amount of solar energy it receives?

• increases

• decreases

• there will be no change