Unit 3 LC1 Review 2024

According to the Albedo effect, objects that are light in color_____ most of the sun's radiation

• Absorb

• Reflect

The shape of Earth's orbit is referred to as:

• Obliquity

• Precession

• Milankovitch Cycles

• Eccentricity

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

As Earth's eccentricity increases, the amount of solar radiation will...

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

In positive feedback mechanisms, the change is ________

• getting further away from the staring point

• going back to the original

• no change

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

In negative feedback mechanisms, the change is ________

• getting further away from the staring point

• going back to the original

• no change

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What will happen to solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere?

• It will either be absorbed or reflected

• It can be absorbed or destroyed

• It can be reflected or created

• It can be reflected or destroyed

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Ice is very reflective. The more sea ice melts, the amount of reflective surfaces decrease. More radiation is absorbed by the ocean, which causes more ice to melt. This is an example of a _____

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Negative Feedback Loop

• Neither

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Positive feedback loops always cause good things to happen

• True

• False

Negative Feedback Loops always cause bad things to happen

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A climate proxy is used to:

• Make predictions about future climate

• Make predictions about current climate

• Make predictions about past climate change