Unit 9 Review Quiz

When and where is the ozone depletion the worst?

• Over the Antarctic in their summer (December)

• Over the Antarctic in their winter (June)

• Over the Arctic in our winter (December)

• Over the Arctic in our summer (June)

Ozone depletion was primarily found in ______, which were found in _____

• CFCs, car exhaust

• HFCs, refrigerants and aerosols

• CFCs, refrigerants and aerosols

• PCBs, flooring and insulation

HFCs can be used as a replacement for CFCs. They are not ozone depleters, but they are

• A strong greenhouse gas

• A strong water pollutants

• A respiratory irritant

• A mutagen

CO2 has a GWP (global warming potential) of 1. Rank the following from greatest to least GWP

• Nitrous Oxides

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• CFCs

Click all correct effects of increased GHGs (greenhouse gases)

• Rising sea levels to to thermal expansion and melting ice sheets

• Tropical diseases spreading further from the equator

• Reduced population migration of humans

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which is correct?

• Climate change is part of a routine pattern

• The earth has gone through many periods of climate change, but the current one is unique

• The earth has never had changes in climate before

• Climate change is inevitable, there is nothing that can be done about it

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Melting sea ice (albedo effect) and thawing permafrost are both examples of

• Positive feedback loops, which mitigate climate change

• Negative feedback loops, which mitigate climate change

• Positive feedback loops, which intensify climate change

• Negative Feedback Loops, which intensify climate change

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Which is not an effect of ocean warming?

• Greater capacity to hold CO2

• More hypoxic and anoxic water

• Coral Bleaching

• Loss of habitat and metabolic changes in species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Ocean acidification is a _____ of pH. It makes it hard for corals and shellfish to form _____

• raising, calcium carbonate

• lowering, calcium carbonate

• raising, carbonic acid

• lowering, carbonic acid

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Click all that normally apply to invasive species

• Generalists

• Specialists

• K-selected

• r-selected

• wide range of tolerance of ecological conditions