Climate on Earth

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• wator vaper

• oxygen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Washington state has warmer winters than Minnesota because it is close to

• mountains

• deserts

• the ocean

• large forests

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

About 50% of the CO2 we emit as absorbed by which two of the following

• tress

• oceans

• rocks

• human structures

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Keelings CO2 measurements match very closely to measurements taken from

• rocks

• oceans

• ice cores

• trees

_________ allow us to calculate the CO2 levels of the atmosphere going back 800,000 years

• rocks layers

• oceans

• ice cores

• ancient trees

If all the greenland glaciers melt, sea levels would rise approximately

• 0 feet

• 4 feet

• 20 feet

• 200 feet

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

If the ice covering Antarctica all melted, sea level would rise approximately

• 0 feet

• 4 feet

• 20 feet

• 200 feet

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The land on the ____________________ side of a mountain range gets almost all of the precipitation

• windward

• far

• leeward

• south

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Methane levels are rising in the atmosphere over the past 200 years due to

• burning fossil fuels

• natural events

• livestock farming

• deforestation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Carbon dioxide levels are rising in the atmosphere over the past 200 years due to

• burning fossil fuels

• natural events

• livestock farming

• deforestation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5