Greenhouse Gasses & Ozone Layer

This is a concern due to global climate changes in Earth's environment.

• rising sea level

• melting ice caps

• more severe weather events

• all of these answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_____________ ____________ is a term that describes the increase in the world's average temperature; evidence shows it's caused in part by fossil fuel use.

• carbon dioxide

• water molecule

• global warming

• methane gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The trapping of thermal energy in the atmosphere when solar energy that was absorbed by Earth is re-radiated into the atmosphere is called the _______________ ______________.

• carbon dioxide

• greenhouse effect

• air pollution

• ozone layer

What layer of the atmosphere blocks the sun's harmful ultra violet (UV) rays from Earth?

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• ozone layer

• exosphere

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

______________ _______________ is a term that describes the increase in the world's average temperature; evidence shows it's caused in part by fossil fuel use.

• carbon dioxide

• water molecule

• global warming

• methane gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Fuel formed in the Earth from animal and plant remains is called ___________ ___________.

• carbon dioxide

• nitrous oxide

• fossil fuels

• climate change

Any changes to the overall climate of the Earth over several years is ___________ _____________.

• greenhouse gasses

• climate change

• carbon dioxide

• nitrous oxide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The process of clear cutting trees for human use is called _______________.

• drought

• flooding

• deforestation

• wildfires

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• Trees soak up carbon dioxide from the air.

• Trees provide shade, which counteracts global warming.

• Trees absorb the sun's energy without radiating it back into the atmosphere.

• Trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from the soil.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is an ozone layer?

• a thin protective layer around the earth (in the stratosphere)

• a cloud blanket in the sky

• water vapors from the ocean