Greenhouse Effect

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true
• false

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A super powerful greenhouse gas that traps up to 4 times more heat in Earth's atmosphere is:

• oxygen

• methane

• water vapor

• gasoline

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.
• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.
• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   
• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What do greenhouse gases do?

• Reflect the sun's energy

• Block the sun's infrared radiation

• Act as a thermal blanket for the Earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface

• They help light up the moon at night

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

If we didn't have the 'greenhouse effect' at all, Earth would

• have volcanoes erupting everywhere

• Cool to a point where we could not live here

• Catch on fire

• blow up from being hit by meteors