Champion of Trees

True or False: Trees can play a role in protecting the planet from global warming.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What molecule in the atmosphere causes global warming?

• Water

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Glucose

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What has been happening to Earth's average temperature over the last hundred years?

• Stayed the same

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• We don't have enough data to know.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

True or False: Human activity is increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What are some human activities that are contributing to global warming?

• Burning oil

• Burning coal

• Burning gas

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

True or False: Carbon dioxide forms an invisible "blanket" around our Planet, trapping heat from the sun.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What can happen when Earth's average temperature rises?

• Heat waves and droughts

• Melting ice caps and glaciers

• Rising sea levels and flooding

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What can trees do to help reduce global warming?

• Absorb oxygen from the atmosphere

• Absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

• Convert oxygen to glucose

• Provide shade

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the name of the process in which trees use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen?

• Phototropism

• Photography

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Why have Earth's forest been shrinking?

• Cutting down trees for lumber

• To make room for buildings

• To make room for farmland

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4