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Worksheets1.4 Climate change [Mastery check]]
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the Greenhouse Affect?
As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere
causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
Which of the following events would be MOST likely to add Greenhouse Gases to the atmosphere?
Hurricane
Tsunami
Forest Fire
Ecological Succession
The following are Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Salt
Phosphorus
Water vapor
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960
What do we call ice deposits that move down mountain valleys?
Snow patch
Ice Sheet
Glacier
Ice Cap
When was the first ice-age?
650 million years ago
470 million years ago
About 2 billion years ago
What is the importance of greenhouse gas?
For respiration
To keep the earth warm
For breathing
To frozen the Earth
Which of the following statements is true about ice ages?
In the colder periods, there was no ice at all, even at the poles.
The ice ages have already ended
The Earth has cycled between relatively warm periods and relatively cold periods
Why was the Earth given the name "Snowball Earth"?
Snowballs collided with the Earth
Ice and snow covered the whole Earth
The Earth was melting
Which of the following is NOT the effect of hurricanes and typhoons?
severe flooding
more food
destroying home
damaging people's livelihoods
If the rain fails to come, _____________
severe flooding will happen
the harvest of the farmers will increase
drought will happen
it is easier to grow crops
If rain falls much more heavily, ________________________
the risk of forest fires increases
drought will happen
severe flooding will happen
Which of the following factors cause the rising of sea levels?
I. Increase in the Earth's temperature
II. Increase in the sea temperature
III. The freezing of ice caps
IV. Expansion of sea water
I, II and III
I, II and IV
II, III and IV
All of the above
What is an object called when it enters Earth’s atmosphere but DOES NOT reach the surface?
Meteoraid
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Meteor
What do we call a meteor that has reached the Earth?
Comet
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Asteroid
What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?
They are made out of flammable materials
They cannot handle the pressure of Earth
They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light
Friction from the Earths atmosphere
If a meteor reaches the Earth’s surface and collides with the Earth, what is created?
Oort cloud
Crater
Crater hole
Objects in the sky that are too small and numerous to be considered planets are called?
Asteroids
Comet
Meteoroids
Meteorite
Which object in space is larger?
Asteroid
Meteoroid
A small rock orbiting the sun in space. This object is a small broken off piece of a larger asteroid
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
I am sometimes called a shooting star.
meteor
asteroid
comet
Global warming can cause the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica to melt resulting in
more extreme weather
a rise in sea level
an increase in the spread of infectious diseases
