Global Systems

It was hot all week last week.  Is this a sign of climate change?

• Yes
• No

Worldwide, temperatures have been increasing for more than 100 years.  Is this evidence of global warming?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Human activity is adding additional greenhouse gases to the amount that are in the atmosphere naturally

• True
• False

What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

This is an image demonstrating...

• Tornado Formation
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Hurricane Formation

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

• True
• False

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the air and gases on the planet

• made up of living things

• the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

• the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth