Greenhouse Effect

The industrial revolution led to a rapid increase in _______ consumption.

• internet

• plant

• fossil fuel

• exercise

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Sun's rays warm the earth's surface, generating the upward emission of ______ radiation.

• infrared

• convection

• water

• nitrogen

Some of the sun's heat is trapped on its escape to space by

• satellites

• greenhouse gases

• volcanoes

• low clouds

Carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone

• greenhouse gases

• industrial chemicals

• nutrients

• contaminants in the earth's core

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Greenhouse gases act like a _____, trapping heat.

• rock

• umbrella

• torch

• blanket

Without any greenhouse gases at all, the earth would be too ___ to live here.

• cold

• hot

• wet

How do plants affect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• they take it out during photosynthesis

• they give off carbon dioxide during photosynthesis

• they do not affect the amount

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• All answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5