Climate Data and Earth System Decisions Worksheet
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Climate Data and Earth System Decisions Worksheet
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Match the clue to the best term: long-term pattern of conditions in a region
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2. Which data set is most useful for studying climate?
3. A preserved sign of past life is called a __.
4. Why can marine fossils found inland help explain Earth history?
5. Match the goal to the best evidence tool: monitor school energy use
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6. Which statement best distinguishes weather from climate?
7. A gas that helps trap some heat in the atmosphere is a greenhouse __.
8. Why do environmental solutions need monitoring after they begin?
9. Which evidence would best support a claim about long-term warming?
10. Why should students use more than one type of evidence when discussing climate and human impact?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. climate
2. temperature patterns tracked over many years
3. fossil
4. They suggest that the region may once have been covered by an ancient sea
5. collect repeated electricity-use data over time
6. Weather is short-term, while climate is a long-term pattern.
7. gas
8. Monitoring shows whether the plan actually reduced harm or needs to be improved
9. many years of temperature records and related measurements
10. Multiple lines of evidence build stronger explanations than one graph, one event, or one claim alone