Climate Change

What is climate?

• The daily weather changes of an area.

• The average weather of a specific area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the main gas responsible for causing global warming?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen

• Helium

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using public transportation and there by reduce the affects of greenhouse gases.

• texting on cellphones

• burning fossil fuels

• eating meat

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

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What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere

• More air in the atmosphere

• More cooling of the atmosphere

• Less air in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• true

• false

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T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• true

• false

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• heat

• water

• argon

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following have been linked to climate change?

• droughts

• melting of polar ice caps

• flooding

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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