Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Both of these

What do greenhouse gases do?

• Reflect the sun's energy

• Block the sun's infrared radiation

• Act as a thermal blanket for the Earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface

• They help light up the moon at night

What happens to the light energy from the sun when it hits the Earth's surface?

• They are absorbed

• They are reflected back to space

• They are trapped by greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If we didn't have the 'greenhouse effect' at all, Earth would

• have volcanoes erupting everywhere

• Cool to a point where we could not live here

• Catch on fire

• blow up from being hit by meteors

Which gas makes up most of the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Methane

What is happening to sea levels because of climate change

• They are staying the same

• They are decreasing

• There are more waves

• They are increasing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Greenhouse Effect is responsible for...

• trapping heat in Earth's atmosphere.

• trapping oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.

• allowing heat energy to radiate back out into space.

• focusing the sun's rays like a magnifying glass to warm Earth's surface.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

The primary greenhouse gas that humans put into the atmosphere is...

• Methane (CH4)

• Nitrous oxide (N2O)

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)

• Hydrofluorocarbons

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

In your Gizmo simulation for the Greenhouse Effect, when greenhouse gases were at 0%, the temperature...

• rose day by day until it was off the charts.

• stayed the same.

• fell day by day until it dropped below freezing.

• rose and fell every day by the same amount.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

According to the Gizmo simulation, ___________ was the coldest part of the day. This is typically true in the real world as well.

• just after sunset

• 8:30 in the morning

• 2:00 AM (night)

• just before sunrise

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1