Climate Change

Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the ozone hole
• the inversion layer
• the greenhouse effect
• the atmospheric continuum

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

El Niño and La Niña are sea-surface temperature changes that occur periodically. This graph shows how these events may affect hurricane landfalls in the U.S. The graph implies effects on which of these from El Niño and La Niña?

• solar intensity
• water infiltration
• soil moisture evaporation
• convection current intensity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When compared to current average conditions, which term would BEST describe conditions in Earth’s lower atmosphere if greenhouse gases were absent?

• denser
• cooler
• wetter
• cloudier

All of the following are known as heat-trapping gases, EXCEPT:

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Oxygen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Human activities are __________________ the levels of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• maintaining

• fluctuating

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Melting glaciers are causing ___________ to rise around the world.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Greenhouse Effect

• greenhouse gases

• sea levels

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Natural causes of climate change include all of the following except:

• movement of the continents

• major volcanic eruptions

• the Sun's energy output

• human activity

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Throughout Earth's history, the planet has cycled through times of being covered by frozen glacial sheets during ___________________.

• snow days

• ice ages

• school vacation

• the Covid-19 pandemic

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

During the Covid-19 lockdown in Spring 2020, satellite images and scientific data collected from global weather stations showed a temporary _______________ in smog, pollution, and contribution to planetary warming.

• increase

• decrease

• the same

• standstill

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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