Ch. 5 - Climate Change

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What are greenhouse gases?

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gases that cause trap heat in Earth's atmosphere

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Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph? Options: atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960, Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide, humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat? carbon dioxide, oxygen, CFCs, methane

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oxygen

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Which of the following have been linked to climate change? droughts, flooding, melting of polar ice caps, all of the above

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all of the above

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Changes in temperature are expected to be greatest where? Options: near the equator, near the poles, between the equator and the North Pole, between the equator and the South Pole

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near the poles

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The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

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burning fossil fuels

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Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere. True or False?

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True

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Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

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will result in sea-levels rising

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What is the definition of weather?

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short-term atmospheric conditions at a particular place and time

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__________ is the average weather over a long period of time.

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climate