Unit 6 Review

What do La Nina and El Nino change in the climate?

• Global Wind Patterns

• Ocean Surface Temperatures

• Global Temperature Patterns

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why are ice cores studied by scientists?

• To learn about fossils

• To learn about the atmosphere in the past

• To learn about plate tectonics

• To study ancient land masses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are striations?

• Stray pieces of glaciers

• Grooves on bedrock made by glaciers

• Multiple glacier ponds

• Deep holes made by glaciers

What happens to ocean water when it absorbs carbon dioxide?

• The water becomes more acidic

• The water becomes less acidic

• The water evaporates quickly

• The water becomes less dense

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Explain why the sea level is rising?

• Temperature stays the same, water level decreases

• Decreasing temperature, water gets colder, water freezes, gets bigger

• Increasing temperature, melts glaciers, rising sea level from extra water

• Decreasing temperature, melting glaciers, land mass is sinking below sea level

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What is the term for "a substance in the atmosphere that abrsorbs certain wavelengths of light from the sun"?

• Ultra Violet Radiator

• Selective Absorber

• Selective Radiator

• Transparent Absorber

Why is rising ocean temperatures of concern to us?

• Loss of coral and fish

• Loss of landmass

• Increased extreme weather incidents

• All of the above

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What is an aquifer?

• Water in the surface of Earth

• Water in the surface of Earth

• A storage of water underground

• Water becoming vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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

• More warming of the atmosphere

• More air in the atmosphere

• More cooling of the atmosphere

• Less air in the atmosphere

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