Wk 17a Climate Change

What is the widespread and deliberate clearing of forests or wooded areas called?

• Biodiversity

• Deforestation

• Greenhouse gases

• Ecosystems

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What term refers to the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit?

• Ecosystems

• Industry

• Agriculture

• Climate change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are compounds like carbon dioxide or methane that trap heat in the atmosphere called?

• Biodiversity

• Greenhouse gases

• Natural climate variability

• Deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is a department or branch of a craft, art, business, or manufacture called?

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Ecosystems

• Climate change

What term describes the natural variations in Earth's climate system over different timescales?

• Greenhouse gases

• Natural climate variability

• Biodiversity

• Deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the main effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• Cooling the Earth

• Trapping heat

• Increasing biodiversity

• Reducing deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the effect of climate change on ecosystems?

• It stabilizes ecosystems

• It has no effect

• It affects ecosystems negatively

• It only affects human health

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?

• Rain

• Snow

• Wind

• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the level of the surface of the sea especially at its mean position midway between mean high and low water

• Sea Level

• Surface Water Temperature
• Tidal Range
• Average Ocean Depth