Air Pollution & Earth's Energy Budget

What do cars, power plants, and furnaces have in common?

• They all burn gasoline

• They all burn coal

• They all burn wood

• They all burn fossil fuels

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Gas released by the burning of fossil fuels that creates air pollution

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• nitrogen

• oxygen

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Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface

• carbon dioxide

• greenhouse gasses

• ozone layer

• point source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What are two (2) examples of natural sources of air pollution? 

• Burning fossil fuels

• Factories

• Volcanoes

• Forest Fires

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?

• Respiratory and Heart problems

• Reduced food sources for humans
• Increased volcanic eruptions

• Decrease in global temperatures

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What do greenhouse gases do?

• Make the sky blue

• Trap heat inside our atmosphere

• Keep out sunlight

• Keep plants growing

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We can reduce air pollution by:

• Car pool and walk/bike more

• Limit factories burning fossil fuels

• Use more renewable energy sources

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which property of light is being demonstrated in this image?

• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• bending

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If greenhouse gases increase and build up in our atmosphere, what happens?

• They trap more heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap more heat and global temperatures decrease.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures rise.

• They trap less heat and global temperatures decrease.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What percentage of the Sun's energy is reflected back into space?

• 100%

• About 50%

• About 30%

• It depends on the weather.