Atmosphere

Choose all events that occur because of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide.

• Increase in global temp.

• Sea level rise

• Increase in evaporation

• Drought and crop loss

• Melting of polar ice caps

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

The planet with the greatest greenhouse effect is __________, while a planet with no greenhouse effect could be __________.

• Venus, Earth

• Earth, Mercury

• Earth, Saturn

• Venus, Jupiter

• Venus, Mars

What gas needed to be established within the Earth’s atmosphere before the atmosphere was able to absorb and maintain heat?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which gas was the least plentiful in Earth’s early atmosphere?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

How does Earth’s atmosphere compare to Venus?

• Earth has less nitrogen

• Earth has less water vapor

• Earth has less oxygen

• Earth has less carbon dioxide

Which chart shows the correct distribution of gases in our atmosphere?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Ancient atmospheric levels of gases can be determined by –

• A Studying ocean currents

• B Antarctic ice core samples

• C Tissue from dinosaur fossils

• D Width of tree rings

Shortly after the moon was formed, the early atmosphere (figure B) contained –

• A Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and water vapor (H₂O)

• B Hydrogen (H₂) and Helium (He)

• C Nitrogen (N), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and water vapor (H₂O)

• D Nitrogen (N) and Oxygen (O)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is evidence that allows scientists to estimate when oxygen production began on Earth?

• Accumulation of dead plant material that turned into fossil fuels

• Deposition of sediment on the ocean floor

• Iron rich rocks that are rusted

• Formation of the Sun

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What could be a result of deforestation and/or burning forests?

• Increased atmospheric oxygen

• Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide

• Decreased atmospheric carbon monoxide

• Increased atmospheric nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4