6th Gr Heat and Greenhouse Gases

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere

• 
  higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• 
  

  lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere

• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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

• 
  the hole in the ozone

• 
  atmospheric pressure

• 
  the greenhouse effect

• 
  the inversion layer

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

• Carbon Dioxide

• 
  Chlorofluorocarbon

• Methane

• Nitrogen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Warm air moves away from the equator, to the poles. Cold air moves from the poles to the equator.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• 
  Carbon dioxide

• 
  Water vapor

• 
  Methane

• All of the above

How does heat move?

• 
  from a warmer to a cooler object

• 
  toward a hot object

• 
  from a cooler to a warmer object

• 
  away from a cold object

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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How is energy from the Sun transferred?

• 
  by radiation

• 
  by convection

• 
  by conduction

• 
  by the force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_______ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.

• 
  conduction

• convection

• radiation

• 
  gases

When you touch hot sand, heat is transferred by _____ to your skin.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• emissions

All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth.

• True

• False