Earth's Changing Climate Review

Which of the following is a WEAK piece of evidence?

• data from a glacier for the last 2 years

• data from snowfall from the last 50 years

• data from carbon dioxide levels from the last 100 years

• data from average temperatures from the last 200 years

What can humans do to help slow down climate change? (*Click all that apply)

• drive less often

• eat less beef

• humans can't affect climate change

• ride bikes instead of drive cars

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If the amount of methane in the atmosphere decreased, the amount of energy absorbed by Earth's surface would...

• change unpredictably

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

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If less energy enters than exits the Earth system, Earth's temperature will...

• increase

• decrease

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Sulfur dioxide ____________ energy back into space.

• absorbs

• destroys

• reflects

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If sulfur dioxide reflects energy out into space, what should the temperature of Earth do?

• increase

• decrease

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Climate researchers in Greenland can use ice core samples to tell them about methane in the atmosphere in the past. Researchers found a sample that showed a time period when methane in the atmosphere increased. What happened to amount of energy absorbed by Earth's surface during this time?

During this time, the amount of energy absorbed by Earth’s surface

• stayed at a constant level.

• changed unpredictably.

• increased.

• decreased.

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Climate researchers are creating a computer simulation to help them understand changes in the Earth system. They want to use the simulation to see what happens when they increase the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What should their simulation show about energy absorbed by Earth’s surface? When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the amount of energy absorbed by Earth’s surface should . . .

• increase

• decrease

• stay at a constant level

• change unpredictably

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The graph above shows global temperature changes between the years 1880 and 2011. Which of the following best describes the changes seen in the graph?

• The graph shows a trend of increasing temperature over time.

• The graph shows the Annual Mean and 5-Year Mean have different trends.

• The graph shows temperatures go up and down, with no trend.

• The graph shows too much fluctuation to be confident about a trend.

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Geologists have found rocks showing that about 700 million years ago, there was a time period when the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere decreased. How did energy in the Earth system change during this time?

• There was more energy in the Earth system and more energy absorbed by Earth’s surface, because more energy entered than exited.

• There was more energy in the Earth system and more energy absorbed by Earth’s surface, because lessenergy entered than exited.

• There was less energy in the Earth system and less energy absorbed by Earth’s surface, because moreenergy entered than exited.

• There was less energy in the Earth system and less energy absorbed by Earth’s surface, because less energy entered than exited.

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