Post Test Climate Change

When the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere increases, the energy absorbed by Earth’s surface will

• decrease

• stay the same

• increase

• change unpredictably

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

This graph shows global temperature changes between the the years 1880 and 2011. Which answer best describes the changes seen in the graph?

(Use a ruler or a pencil to make a trend line on the fluctuations.)

• The temperature going up and down with--no trend.

• Too much fluctuation to be confident about a trend.

• The trend of increasing temperature over time.

• The Annual Mean and 5-Year Mean have different trends.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A time period occurred when the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere decreased. What happened to the Earth’s energy during this?

• Decreased because more energy entered and less exited.

• Decreased, because less energy entered and more exited and bounced back.

• Decreased, because less energy entered and more energy exited and was not trapped.

• Increased because meor energy entered and less exited.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is one reason that carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere today?

• There are more people doing things that use combustion.

• People are riding bicycles instead of driving cars.

• There are more volcanoes than there were in the past.

• People are using solar power.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

There was a long period when carbon dioxide decreased in the atmosphere. What happened to the amount of energy absorbed by Earth's surface?

• The energy absorbed stayed at a constant level.

• The energy absorbed decreased.

• The energy absorbed increased.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

 When making an argument about how climate change is affecting Earth, which one of the following would not be a strong type of evidence?

• data tracking glacier size for the last 2 years.

• data tracking the surface temperature for the last 200 years.

• data tracking carbon dioxide levels for the last 100 years.

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What can human do to help keep carbon dioxide and methane from increasing?

• Eat less meat only, so that fewer livestock need to be kept

• Both eating less meat and driving less

• Human's can't affect the amount of carbon dioxide or methane in the atmosphere

• driving less only

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What would cause the amount of energy on Earth's surface to increase? (Energy coming from the sun is constant. It doesn't change.)

• More energy enters and less exits..

• The same amount of energy enters and exits.

• Equal amounts of energy exits and enters.

• Less energy enters and more exits the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

 Which is an accurate description of Earth's atmosphere?

• The atmosphere is made of one kind of gas.

• The atmosphere is a mixture of different gasses all together.

• The atmosphere is made of different kinds of gases. Each gas forms its own layer.

10. In the last 5 million years of the Permian period in Earth’s history, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased causing energy in the Earth change by….

• More energy absorbed; less energy entered and more exited.

• More energy absorbed; more energy entered and less exited.

• Less energy absorbed; more energy entered and less exited

• Less energy absorbed; less energy entered and more exited.

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