Environmental Systems 2nd 6 - Part 2

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Chlorofluorocarbons

• Water Vapor

• Nitrous Dioxides

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Why is the greenhouse effect considered to be an essential, natural process?

• It isn’t; it is a man-made phenomenon that is causing climate change.

• It is required for industrial agriculture.

• It is a process that traps heat close to the earth, which sustains life.

• It blocks UV rays that are damaging to the tissues of organisms.

Which of the following is NOT evidence that climate change is occurring? 

• Ocean acidification

• Concentration of gases in ice cores

• The hole in the ozone layer

• Melting glaciers and sea ice

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is an example of an anthropogenic (human caused) source of carbon dioxide?

• Burning of fossil fuels

• A forest fire caused by a lightning strike

• Animals on an island respiring

• Plants photosynthesizing

Which type of radiation carries heat from the sun to the Earth?

(Hint: IR)

• Ultraviolet radiation

• Infrared radiation

• Cosmic rays

• Gamma radiation

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Which of the following directly causes ocean acidification?

• Rising UV radiation increasing the pH of ocean water

• Factories dumping hydrochloric acid into the ocean

• Decreasing salinity caused by freshwater ice melts

• Carbon dioxide dissolving in oceans, forming carbonic acid

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which of the following is a consequence of ocean acidification? 

• Aquatic producers such as phytoplankton grow at a faster rate.

• 
  Overharvesting through bycatch

• Aquatic animals become depleted when ocean pH decreases.

• Mollusk shells become weakened, making them vulnerable.

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Climate change impacts biodiversity in all of the following ways except by—

• reducing the diversity of producer populations.

• increasing the diversity and range of decomposers.

• altering migration patterns of birds and fish.

• changing the life span and range of pest species.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which of the following events has the greatest impact on ocean levels?

• Melting sea ice

• Melting land ice

• Melting carbon dioxide

• Melting permafrost

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following greenhouse gases has the highest global warming potential?

• Methane

• Ozone

• Nitrous oxide

• Carbon dioxide