Social Science Review #1

The cryosphere is part of the

• biosphere

• geosphere

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All of the following aspects of climate change focus on the hydrosphere EXCEPT

• air moisture depletion

• sea level rise

• severe droughts

• melting ice

• warming oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following gasses plays a role in ozone destruction?

• HCl

• ClO

• ClONO₂

• N₂O₅

• ash

Which of the following scientific terms BEST describes the environmental effects of climate change?

• consequence

• result

• reaction

• forcing

• feedback

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The cryosphere is a subsystem of the

• pedosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which description BEST fits the polar vortex?

• cold air circulating the North Pole

• cold air circulating the Western Hemisphere

• warm air circulating the North Pole

• cold air circulating the South Pole

• warm air circulating the Western Hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Snowfall near lakes that experience cold temperature from clouds is known as a.

• lakeside debris

• winter cloudfall

• snowy downpour

• extreme event snow

• lake effect snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Climate influences all of the following subsystems EXCEPT

• weather

• living organisms

• air

• earth

• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following climate scientists would be MOST likely to use ice core sampling?

• a. a scientist who is studying the density of a glacier across the past decade

• b. a scientist who is studying ocean temperatures since the Paleolithic period

• c. a scientist who is studying oceanic pollution across the past thousand years

• d. a scientist who is studying atmospheric carbon dioxide content across the past hundred years

• e. a scientist who is studying the change in ocean levels since the Industrial Revolution

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following statements BEST describes an advantage of the archives of nature when compared with the archives of society?

• The archives of nature account for human impact on climate more thoroughly.

• The archives of nature are less prone to measurement error.

• The archives of nature account for omitted variable bias better.

• The archives of nature far predate the archives of society.

• The archives of nature are universally easier to interpret.