Warming and Extreme Weather

Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as:

• excessive heat
• drought
• extreme storms
• all of these

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Some of the Earth's most fragile ecosystems that could be greatly impacted by climate change live in the

• tropical rainforest
• tundra
• oceans
• African Sahara desert

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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The goal of harsher enforcement strategies against emissions is to

• reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions
• do nothing
• increase the amount of greenhouse gas emissions
• adjust to the effects of climate change.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Increasingly severe weather systems such as monsoons or drought could lead to military conflicts.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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This describes day-to-day changes to the atmosphere that affects temperature and the environment around living organisms.

• Weather
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Industrialization is a contributing factor to climate change.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as 

• global gases.
• greenhouse gases.
• proxy gases.
• offset gases.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which human activity contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• fishing
• breathing
• burning fossil fuels
• farming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is decreasing. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

The ____________________ is a natural process in which certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat near Earth and prevent it from radiating back into space.

• Greenhouse Zone
• Greenhouse Effect
• Tropic Layer
• Heat Zone