Climate Evidence, Greenhouse Gases & Responses — Drills · Grade 6 Science
Chapter: Water, Air, Weather & ClimateWhat these drills covers
By the end of Climate Evidence, Greenhouse Gases & Responses you should be able to:
- I can explain how a greenhouse gas warms the planet in terms of infrared.
- I can describe the evidence that the recent rise in carbon dioxide comes from human activities.
- I can separate a question evidence can settle from one that involves values and trade-offs.
4 questions, multiple choice and written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: mitigation, adaptation, evidence, system boundary, uncertainty.
Problem 1
- The atmosphere is a perfectly sealed roof that blocks all outgoing energy.
- mitigation: Reducing causes or drivers of a problem, such as greenhouse-gas emissions in a climate response.
- A classroom jar or one trend graph proves every cause and policy conclusion.
- A sample with missing measurements has proved those values are zero.
Answer and explanation
mitigation: Reducing causes or drivers of a problem, such as greenhouse-gas emissions in a climate response.
Reducing causes or drivers of a problem, such as greenhouse-gas emissions in a climate response.
Problem 2
- The atmosphere is a perfectly sealed roof that blocks all outgoing energy.
- A classroom jar or one trend graph proves every cause and policy conclusion.
- adaptation: Reducing exposure or harm under changed conditions.
- Repeating any method makes every causal claim true.
Answer and explanation
adaptation: Reducing exposure or harm under changed conditions.
Reducing exposure or harm under changed conditions.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
Different influences can produce changes. Explaining cause requires mechanisms, comparisons, and evidence beyond an unlabeled correlation.
Compare the scientific meaning and reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; human review is required.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
No. Define the mechanism, desired outcome, constraints, and measurements, then evaluate a feasible alternative fairly.
Compare the scientific meaning and reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; human review is required.