Quiz: Weather and climate

Seven of the ten hottest years on record have occurred within the last (a)   .

• 10 years
• 20 years
• 30 years
• 40 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

There was a very large glacier over Manhattan almost________________ years ago.

• 1,000

• 2,000

• 10,000

• 20,000

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fossils of palm trees have been found in ________________.

• Alaska

• Greenland

• New York

• Amazon Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Earth's climate is set by a complex interaction between its 4 major components - land, sea, ___________, and air.

• mountains

• rivers

• forests

• ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tyndall discovered that it was carbon dioxide, along with a few other trace gases like ____________________ that trapped heat in the atmosphere.

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• methane

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere traps more heat, acting like an extra blanket and _______________ the planet.

• cooling

• warming

• freezing

• drying

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The instrument designed by Dave Keeling was so sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide that it detected the seasons - an interaction between ____________________________________________ and the atmosphere.

• sunlight

• ocean currents

• wind patterns

• plant growth

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What color shows the highest CO2 concentrations in the NASA satellite video? __________________________

• blue

• green

• yellow

• red

The changing colors in the videos over the seasons shows the ___________ of the forests.

• growth

• decline

• migration

• burning

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In your own words, describe how fossilized clam shells can tell us about past ocean climates.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2