What is the Greenhouse Effect?

_____ passes through the atmosphere and _____ the Earth's surface. The heat hits the Earth and then is radiated back toward space. The _____ gas molecules in the atmosphere _____ most of the _____ and then send the heat in all directions. This _____ the surface of the Earth.

• Sunlight; warms; greenhouse; absorb; heat; warms

• Sunlight; cools; oxygen; reflect; light; cools

• Rain; warms; nitrogen; absorb; water; warms

• Wind; heats; carbon dioxide; block; energy; freezes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Some heat radiates back to _____

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Greenhouse gases are _____

• carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, ozone

• oxygen, nitrogen, argon, neon, helium

• hydrogen, helium, neon, krypton, xenon

• sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, chlorine, fluorine

Greenhouse gases make a _____ around the Earth.

• thermal blanket

• magnetic field

• water cycle

• crust

More greenhouse gases mean more _____ is trapped, and Earth is warmer.

• heat

• light

• water

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A Greenhouse Gas: Gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that _____ radiation from the _____ and _____ the heat in the atmosphere.

• absorb; sun; trap

• reflect; moon; release

• block; earth; lose

• emit; stars; dissipate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Global Climate: The range of _____ that varies from region to region.

• weather conditions

• mountain ranges

• ocean depths

• population densities

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Global Warming: A gradual _____ in temperature of the Earth's atmosphere caused by _____ and _____.

• increase; greenhouse gases; human activities

• decrease; oxygen; natural disasters

• increase; water vapor; volcanic eruptions

• decrease; carbon dioxide; solar flares

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Climate Change: A _____ in a region's weather conditions.

• change

• increase

• decrease

• pattern

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Fossil Fuel: Natural _____ formed from the _____ of living organisms. Includes petroleum or _____ and natural gas.

• fuels; remains; coal

• gases; roots; sand

• minerals; shells; oil

• liquids; fossils; wood