Humans and Environment Lesson 4

Carbon dioxide is given off when gas, oil, and coal are burned.

• True

• False

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Climate change causes the ice in polar regions to melt. Which describes an effect of polar ice melting?

• global warming increases

• sea levels rise

• greenhouse gas emissions rise

• Earth surface temperatures decrease

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Global climate models make short-term global predictions about the climate.

• True

• False

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The rise in Earth’s average surface temperature during the past 10 years is often called global warming.

• True

• False

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Examine the graph. What does the data show about the change in global temperature?

• global temperature has decreased over time, and carbon dioxide levels have quickly increased

• global temperature has varied over time, and carbon dioxide levels have decreased

• global temperature and carbon dioxide levels have slowly increased over time

• global temperature has quickly increased, and carbon dioxide level have slowly increased

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Which of the following is a way a 13 year old in America can help control greenhouse gases?

• plant trees

• recycle aluminum cans

• turn off electronics that are not in use

• all of the above

Based on the graph, Grace claims that global temperature changes are due to natural causes. Answering which question would best help support Grace’s claim?

• How did the satellites measure temperature in the atmosphere?

• What was the amount of fossil fuels burned between 2000 and 2015?

• What caused a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by humans?

• How has the amount of energy received from the Sun changed from 2000 to 2015?

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This is defined as the long-term average weather conditions.

• Climate

• Climate Change

• Weather

• Global Warming

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This includes global trends in warming, cooling, precipitation, and wind directions.

• Climate

• Climate Change

• Weather

• Global Warming

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This means a rise in Earth's average surface temperature

• Climate Change

• Weather

• Climate

• Global Warming

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