Climate and Energy Quiz

We used the SIM to see what happens when we increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What did the simulations show about the energy absorbed by Earth's surface?

• Energy absorbed Increases (temperature increases)

• Energy absorbed Decreases (temperature decreases)

• Energy absorbed stays at a constant level (Temperature stays, generally, the same)

• Energy absorbed changes unpredictably (temperature goes up and down in no pattern)

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

If more energy is entering Earth's surface then exiting, which of the following will be true?

• The amount of energy will increase causing the temperature to increase.

• The amount of energy will increase causing the temperature to decrease.

• The amount of energy will decrease causing the temperature to decrease.

• N/A

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

When making an argument about how climate change is affecting the ice cover on Earth, which of the following would be the LEAST effective type of evidence to support your argument?

• Data tracking surface temperature over the last 2 years.

• Data tracking the surface temperature for the last 50 years.

• Data tracking surface temperature for the last 100 years.

• Data tracking the surface temperature for the last 200 years.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What happens when outgoing energy hits methane or carbon dioxide?

• The gases redirect it back toward the surface making Earth warmer.

• The gases absorb it making Earth colder.

• The gases reflect it back to space making Earth warmer.

• n/a

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Carbon dioxide and methane stop energy from leaving by redirecting energy that would have exited the system.

• True

• False

• I can not answer the question with the given information

• N/A

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

If there is energy flowing into and out of the Earth system at a balanced rate, the temperature of the Earth should be:

• The same or constant

• Getting colder

• Getting warmer

• This question can not be answered.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Why does the temperature increase when the amount of carbon dioxide or methane in the Earth System increases.

• Energy is redirected back to earth which means more energy is entering than exiting.

• There is more sunlight.

• More energy is reflected back to outer space.

• n/A

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The overall tendency in a set of data over time is called...

• Trend

• Frequency

• Fluctuation

• Time

What is one reason that carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere today?

• There are more people doing things that use combustion (burning of a fuel).

• People are riding bicycles instead of driving cars.

• People are using solar power.

• Cows.. I blame the cows.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When we talk about weather it is rain, temperature and wind over a _______ amount of time.

• short

• long

• really long

• really really long

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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