Chapter 13 Topic Assessment

decomposed by chlorine atoms

• CO2

• ozone molecules

• El Nino

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

vertical sunlight

• equatorial regions

• prevailing winds

• greenhouse effect

• surface ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

trade winds, westerlies, and polar easterlies

• surface ocean currents

• equatorial regions

• prevailing winds

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

winds push warm water eastward in the pacific ocean

• prevailing winds

• surface ocean currents

• El Nino

• La Nina

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a greenhouse gas added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned

• O2

• N2

• H2

• CO2

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

international limits on CFC production to protect the ozone layer

• Clean Air Act

• Montreal Protocol

• Toronto Protocol

• Los Angeles Protocol

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

result of high UV radiation at Earth's surface

• DNA damage

• surface ocean currents

• El Nino

• La Nina

Process by which the atmosphere traps heat radiated up from Earth's surface

• ozone molecules

• La Nina

• El Nino

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

water is cooler than usual in the eastern Pacific Ocean

• equatorial regions

• La Nina

• El Nino

• surface ocean currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

caused by wind and influenced by Earth's rotation

• equatorial regions

• prevailing winds

• surface ocean currents

• greenhouse effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6