Q1 Solar Energy Test

(a)   is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and is produced by burning fossil fuels.

• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Water vapor

• nitrogen

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

• Temperature goes up
• Temperature goes down

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

1.  Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________ . 

• A.  ozone gases
• A.  solar gases
• A.  greenhouse gases 
• A.  stomach gases

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The graph shows us that

• the earth temperature is always increasing

• the earth's temperature has steadily increased since 1900

• the earth's temperature is steadily rising since the 1960s

• the earth's temperature decreased during the 19th and 20th centuries

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The majority of Earth's energy comes from...

• the Earth's core

• the Sun

• hydroelectric power

• burning fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

To throw back (light, heat, sound, or the like), as from a surface is called what?

• Radiation

• Climate

• Absorb

• Reflect

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