Vocab
Climate Change
True or False
Random
100
general weather patterns over time
climate
100
What are the two greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide and methane.
100
The atmosphere is made of two gases.
FALSE
Includes gases in the sim and oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor
100
Where did the chocolate chip originate?
Massachusetts
200
variations in a set of data
fluctuation
200
1. Identify a fluctuation.
2. Tell me the trend.
fluctuation: up, down, up, down
trend: temperature is inceasing
200
Air is the mixture of gases surrounding a planet.
FALSE- atmosphere
200
Where did spam originate?
Minnesota
300
an overall tendency in a set of data over time
trend
300
Why is riding a bus better for the environment than driving a car?
bus = 1 engine with more people
car = 1 engine with one person
300
Global climate change is caused by energy that cannot escape Earth's atmosphere, not by extra energy reaching the Earth.
TRUE
300
What was the first food eaten in space?
Applesauce
400
allows some kinds of energy to pass through to Earth, but it absorbs harmful UVB rays
Ozone
400
What can humans do to help climate change? Must provide 2 examples!
1. eat less grass-consuming livestock (like cows/beef)
2. use public transportation instead of driving cars (buses, trains, subways)
400
The hole in the ozone layer was caused by human activities and humans continue to make it worse.
FALSE- we are making it better! The ozone hole is shrinking!
400
What was the first vegetable ever planted in space?
Potatoes
500
process where a substance burns in the presence of Oxygen, giving off heat and light in the process.
combustion
500
What causes climate change?
Human activities (driving cars, using electricity, burning fossil fuels), consuming grass-eating animals, caused by energy that can't escape the Earth's atmosphere
500
Fluctuations in a set of data are a reason to consider the data invalid.
FALSE- the data may have fluctuations, but there will be an overall trend. The data is still reliable.
500
Where were French Fries invented?
Belgium