Climate Change

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

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The Greenhouse Effect __________________________.

• Traps all of the heat from the Sun

• Repels sunlight away from the atmosphere

• Traps some heat and releases some heat back to space

• only works in the summer months

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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

• Increasing

• Decreasing

• maintaining

• fluctuating

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Melting glaciers are causing ___________ to rise around the world.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Greenhouse Effect

• greenhouse gases

• sea levels

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The atmosphere is a system, where a change in one part of the atmosphere will cause affects in other parts of the atmosphere.

• True

• False

• n/a

• n/a

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Natural causes of climate change include all of the following except:

• movement of the continents

• major volcanic eruptions

• the Sun's energy output

• human activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• snow days

• ice ages

• school vacation

• the Covid-19 pandemic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Weather

• Climate

• Forecast

• Global Warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Scientists classify climates according to two main factors: ______________- and _____________________-.

• temperature and pressure

• temperature and precipitation

• pressure and precipitation

• location and animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean currents mix global waters due to winds, temperature, and density. This is called the _______________________.

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Coriolis Effect

• Surface and Deep Currents

• shaken, not stirred

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