Greenhouse Effect

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

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Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally? Deforestation, Agriculture, Burning fossil fuels, Respiration

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Burning fossil fuels

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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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Which of the following are greenhouse gases? Carbon dioxide, Methane, Water vapor, All answers are correct

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All answers are correct

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The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is

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nitrogen

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What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

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Temperature goes up

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

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cold

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Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming? Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Chlorofluorocarbon, Nitrogen

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Methane

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In the past, refrigerators, aerosol spray propellants and cleaning solvents were all sources of a greenhouse gas known as

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chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

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Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________ .

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greenhouse gases