influences on global climate

What is the exchange of carbon that flows among Earth’s systems?

• Hydrogen Cycle

• Deforestation

• Carbon Cycle

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change
• gases that emit green smoke
• gases that are used to make green colored glass

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-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
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

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Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat?

• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen
• water vapor
• methane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Carbon is stored in

• Trees and other living things
• Oceans
• underground in soil and fossil fuels
• All are correct

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of heat being radiated to space is called

• evaporation
• condensation
• the greenhouse effect
• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Check the 3 main greenhouse gasses

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• H20

• Sulfur Gas

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• forest fires

• volcanic eruptions

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following is contributing to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• deforestation
• photosynthesis
• oceans
• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What happen when CO₂ and other greenhouse gases increase in our atmosphere?

• Average global temperatures decrease

• Average global temperatures increase

• The Earth's magnetic field changes direction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5