Climate Change & the Marine Environment

A reduction in the strength of the Gulf Stream and a decrease in North Atlantic Deep-Water formation would most likely result in ________.

• absorbing surplus heat energy

• increasing oceanic primary productivity

• moving carbon dioxide and nutrients from the deep ocean to the surface ocean

• removing carbon dioxide and sequestering carbon dioxide above the thermocline

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

An international agreement to voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions is called the ________.

• Coriolis protocol

• IPCC

• United Nations Environmental Programme

• Kyoto protocol

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

• Anthropogenic carbon dioxide inputs

• Changes in solar input

• Tectonic plate movement

• Variation in the Earth's orbit

• Volcanic activity

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

• CH4 (methane)

• CO2 (carbon dioxide)

• N2 (molecular nitrogen)

• N2O (nitrous oxide)

• O3 (ozone)

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

• Antarctic and Greenland ice sheet melting

• Deep ocean water thermal expansion

• Melting of terrestrial glaciers and ice caps

• Surface ocean water thermal expansion

• Tectonic uplifting

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Recent climate change observed on Earth must be a natural event BECAUSE Earth's climate has fluctuated in the past.

• The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.

• The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.

• The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.

• The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

The most massive part of Earth's climate system belongs to the ________.

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• cryosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is considered paleoclimatological proxy data?

• Air samples collected in Hawaii

• Present day coral bleaching

• Reversed magnetic polarity

• Trapped air bubbles in glacial ice

• Variations in Earth's orbit

Which of the following is a natural factor that doesn't affect Earth's climate?

• Changes in solar energy

• Reversed magnetic polarity

• Tectonic plate movement

• Variations in Earth's orbit

• Volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is the only viable explanation for the documented and observable recent climate changes, including the increased average temperature of Earth's surface?

• Changes in the Sun's brightness

• Major volcanic eruptions

• Release of human-caused emissions

• Reversed magnetic polarity

• Variations in Earth's orbit

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6