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climate change

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are greenhouse gases?
a)
gases that cause climate change
b)
gases that emit green smoke
c)
gases that are used to make green colored glass
2.

All of the following are known as heat-trapping gases, EXCEPT:

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

Nitrous Oxide

d)

Oxygen

3.

The Greenhouse Effect __________________________.

a)

Traps all of the heat from the Sun

b)

Repels sunlight away from the atmosphere

c)

Traps some heat and releases some heat back to space

d)

only works in the summer months

4.

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

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

maintaining

d)

fluctuating

5.

Throughout Earth's history, the planet has cycled through times of being covered by frozen glacial sheets during ___________________.

a)

snow days

b)

ice ages

c)

school vacation

d)

the Covid-19 pandemic

6.

___________________ is the average long-term (30+ years) atmosphere conditions for a specific region. It includes temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

c)

Forecast

d)

Global Warming

7.

What is mass extinction?

a)

when dogs will go extinct

b)

when different plants and animals go extinct because of natural disasters or human activity

c)

having different animals all together in one place

d)

when the world will end

8.

What most likely caused the death of the dinosaurs?

a)

An ice age

b)

Volcanism

c)

Humans

d)

Asteroid Impact

9.

Climate Change is best defined as....

a)

Complete loss or death of a species

b)

An abnormally large amount of species die out simultaneously or within a short period of time

c)

Change in global or regional climate patterns

d)

A dinosaur gets a cold

10.

Mass extinctions are theorized to have occurred due to asteroid impacts, volcanism, and climate change.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

An asteroid is an irregular shaped rock that orbits the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An extinction affects animals and not plant species.

a)

True

b)

False