Unit 6 Review

Using ______ fuels cause the most effect on the atmosphere.

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In the carbon cycle, animals eat plants because they

• don't absorb carbon from the environment

• are watching their figure so they eat salad

• can't breath in oxygen

• need sugar from plants

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Which answer best describes how carbon enters into the food chain

• Animals eat plants

• Animals eat other animals

• plants eat animals

• plants absorb CO2 during photosynthesis

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What effect does a hurricane have on soil?

• flooding

• erosion

• makes it rich with nutrients

• no effect

What changes would likely occur if the Gulf Stream stopped flowing? Select two answers.

• The climate in western Europe will cool.

• A new current will bring warm water to western Europe

• The climate near the equator will warm

• There will be no change in climate

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Humans are cutting down trees to build homes, causing

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Which statement describes how raising cattle affects emissions of greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere?

• Raising cattle decreases greenhouse gas emissions because cattle eat grass, which contains carbon.

• Raising cattle doesn’t affect greenhouse gas emissions because greenhouse gases are only produced by burning fossil fuels

• Raising cattle increases greenhouse gas emissions because cattle emit large quantities of methane, which is a greenhouse gas.

• Raising cattle increases greenhouse gas emissions because of the perspiration of carbon dioxide and the respiration of methane.

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An area recently had a record low temperature on a winter day. Does this temperature record indicate that the evidence of climate warming is incorrect?

• No, because daily temperatures are not part of climate measurements.

• No, because the weather on one day cannot determine climate.

• Yes, because the evidence for climate change didn’t include this record.

• Yes, because it is the lowest recorded temperature.

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How can volcanic ash effect the temperature of an area short term.

• lower temperature

• raise temperature

• no effect

Greenhouse effect

• the process in which heat emitted by Earth becomes trapped near the planet’s surface by certain gases in the atmosphere

• CO2

• a building with clear walls and ceiling for plants

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