Climate Change

Select the greenhouse gas(es)

• CO2

• Methane

• Oxygen

• All of the above

Answer explanation

The correct greenhouse gases are CO2 and Methane, as stated in the answer choices.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which is an effect of increased flooding?

(more than 1 correct answer)

• People must move to a new home.

• Hurricanes have more rain.

• Glaciers melt

• More diseases from mosquitoes

Answer explanation

Increased flooding can lead to people having to move to new homes due to damage, and it can also result in more diseases from mosquitoes breeding in stagnant water.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

MAIN greenhouse gas responsible for Climate Change is:

• nitrogen

• carbon

• carbon dioxide

• methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

The less ice on the planet the ____________ likely global warming will occur.

• more

• less

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'more' because the less ice there is on the planet, the more likely global warming will occur due to reduced albedo effect and increased absorption of sunlight.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

T/F - The amount of carbon dioxide CO2 in the atmosphere is decreasing.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What greenhouse gas do cattle, landfills, and carbon mining produce?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Human activities are __________________ the levels of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• maintaining

• fluctuating

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Floating sea ice melts...

• and causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• but does not cause sea levels to rise because the ice displaces the same amount of ocean water as the melted ice would displace.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Melting land ice...

• causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• does not cause sea levels to rise because the water fills the space left by the melted sea ice.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5