Layer of Atmosphere, Greenhouse, and the Water Cycle

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up

• Temperature goes down

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The layer of gases that surround and protect Earth is called:

• the atmosphere

• climate change

• air pressure

The process of liquid water being heated, changing into water vapor, and rising into the atmosphere is called:

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the primary source of Earth's greenhouse gas?

• Methane

• Nitrous oxide

• Carbon dioxide

• Water vapor

The process of water vapor cooling, condensing in the atmosphere, changing back to liquid water, and falling to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, or hail is called:

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of water vapor, cooling, condensing, and changing back into liquid water (clouds for example) is called:

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas and back to a liquid between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is called:

• the water cycle

• precipitation

• a bad day

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

In what layer of the atmosphere does the water cycle occur?

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4