Heating the Planet

Heating the Planet

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Heating the Planet

Heating the Planet

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-ESS3-5, HS-ESS2-4, HS-ESS2-6

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

gases in an atmosphere that absorb and retain heat energy. High amounts cause air pollution and overheat the planet

greenhouse gases

conservation

landfill

recycling

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?

Deforestation

Agriculture

Burning fossil fuels

Respiration

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Earth acts like a greenhouse that catches and traps heat from the sun.

true

false

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A super powerful greenhouse gas that traps up to 4 times more heat in Earth's atmosphere is:

oxygen

methane

water vapor

gasoline

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

the Earth's core

the Sun

hydroelectric power

burning fossil fuels

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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