Climate Change Vocab Quiz

What is the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows?

• Atmosphere

• Ecosystem

• Environment

• Habitat

What is the average weather for a particular region and time period?

• Precipitation

• Solar Radiation

• Weather

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During the industrial processes and transportation activities, which greenhouse gas is primarily emitted as a result of burning fossil fuels?

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

• Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

• Fossil Fuels

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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What is the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival?

• Ecosystem

• Deforestation

• Environment

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the rapid major change in an economy marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines?

• Peace Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Nuclear revolution

• Infrared Revolution

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

What is the event that produces greenhouse gases which allows incoming solar radiation to pass through the Earth’s atmosphere, but prevents most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space?

• Deforestation

• Fossil Fuels

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is the energy from the Sun, also referred to as short-wave radiation?

• Methane

• Fossil Fuels

• Infrared Radiation

• Solar Radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Imagine you are planning a picnic and you want to know if it's going to rain or stay sunny throughout the day at your chosen location. Which specific condition are you interested in that includes measurements of wind, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, cloudiness, and precipitation at that particular place and time?

• Weather

• Climate

• Ecosystem

• Atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which term refers to rain, hail, mist, sleet, snow, or any other moisture that falls to the Earth?

• Methane

• Precipitation

• Infrared Radiation

• Carbon Footprint

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the gases called that absorb infra-red radiation in the atmosphere, including water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4)?

• Fossil Fuels

• Greenhouse Gases

• Solar Radiation

• Deforestation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5