Climate Practice Quiz

average state of weather over the longer term - decades to centuries

• climate

• weather

• global warming

• carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

state of the atmosphere that lasts days to weeks

• climate

• weather

• global warming

• carbon cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A naturally occurring process that traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere to keep it warm and habitable

• global warming

• ozone layer depletion

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The increase in Earth’s average temperature caused by higher concentrations of greenhouse gasses such as CO2 due to human activity. Results in glaciers melting & sea levels rising

• global warming

• ozone layer depletion

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The destruction of the ozone layer caused by pollutants like CFC’s

• global warming

• ozone layer depletion

• greenhouse effect

The incoming solar radiation that Earth receives from the sun

• insolation

• albedo

• greenhouse effect

• carbon cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

An object’s level of reflection

• insolation

• albedo

• greenhouse effect

• carbon cycle

The cycle in which carbon atoms move throughout Earth’s system both biologically and geologically

• insolation

• albedo

• greenhouse effect

• carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A part of the carbon cycle which stores more carbon than it releases (ex. rocks, plants, ocean, soil)

• carbon source

• carbon sink

• insolation

• albedo

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

A part of the carbon cycle which releases more carbon that it stores (ex, volcanic eruptions & burning fossil fuels)

• carbon source

• carbon sink

• insolation

• albedo

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5