Human Impacts

Open Ended

Is the Greenhouse Effect Good or Bad?

Multiple Choice

Do we need greenhouse gases on Earth?

• Yes - they keep the Earth warm

• Yes - they keep all the gases on our planet

• No - they only cause terrible climate change

• No - they only block some of the Sun's rays

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• All answers are correct

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Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?

• It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 

• It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 

• It leads to more factories

• It causes a major decrease in people

Multiple Choice

Which one of the choices below is NOT a  cause for global warming?

• Having too many cows

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Planting new trees

Multiple Choice

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

• Carbon Dioxide Gases

• Methane

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most troubling greenhouse gas being produced by humans?

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

Multiple Choice

How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often

• by melting glaciers and ice caps

• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions

• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

Multiple Choice

Which one of the choices below is NOT a  cause for global warming?

• Having too many cows

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Planting new trees

Multiple Choice

What is a carbon sink?

• Something that adds to the atmosphere.

• Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.

• Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.

• Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.

Multiple Choice

Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

Multiple Choice

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Carbon Dioxide Gases
• Methane

Multiple Choice

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be too

• warm 
• cold
• dead
• funny

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What is this difference between global warming and the greenhouse effect?

• Global warming refers to a change in the Earth's climate that is causing it to heat up; the greenhouse effect is a natural process that happens constantly, due to sunlight and the atmosphere.
• Global warming and the greenhouse effect are the same thing.
• The greenhouse effect comes within global warming.
• Global warming comes within the greenhouse effect

Multiple Choice

Burning fossil fuels is one of the main causes for global warming.

• True
• False

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Things you can do to help decrease global warming include:

• Eat more ice cream.
• Keep your freezer door open.
• Keep your air conditioner on high.
• Turn off your lights when you’re not using them.

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This is a simple diagram of the greenhouse effect. According to this diagram, the energy first comes from...

• The Sun

• The Earth

• The Atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What is a greenhouse gas that comes from cars?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• heat

• Exxon

Multiple Choice

All global warming is bad.

• True - We don't want to be too hot.

• False - If we didn't have some global warming, the Earth would be too cold to live on.

Multiple Select

Which of these are effects of global warming?

• melting polar ice

• drier weather

• lower sea levels

• air pollution

• stronger hurricanes

Multiple Choice

Which of these tells one way carbon dioxide is released into the air?

• flowers blooming

• animals breathing

• rain falling

Multiple Select

Which of these are fossil fuels

• coal

• carbon dioxide

• oil

• natural gas

• air pollution

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Where do fossil fuels come from?

• The carbon dioxide released from cars.

• The remains of plants and animals that died long ago.

• Heat from the greenhouse effect.

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More extreme weather is an _____________ of global warming.

• effect

• cause

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Respiration is a process where living things (animals) inhale ______________ and exhale _____________________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen

• CO₂, O

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

Multiple Choice

Melting glaciers are causing ___________________ to rise around the world.

• people's IQ

• sea levels

• greenhouse gas levels

• all of the above

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Which action below is the main way in which carbon is removed from the atmosphere?

• Plants breath in carbon dioxide.

• Humans breath in carbon dioxide.

• people burn fossil fuels (gas)

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Which action below releases carbon into the atmosphere?

• Plants breath in carbon dioxide.

• Humans breath in carbon dioxide.

• people burn fossil fuels (gas)

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The Industrial Revolution was when humans started using more machines and burning fossil fuels. How did the Industrial Revolution affect the amount of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• The Industrial Revolution INCREASED the amount of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

• The Industrial Revolution DECREASED the amount of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

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Forests are carbon sinks because they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through ____________.

• combustion

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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Which statement is true about the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?

• animals breathe in nitrogen and release oxygen which is used by plants
• animals breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide which is used by plants
• animals breathe in nitrogen and release carbon dioxide which is used by plants
• animals breathe in carbon dioxide and release oxygen which is used by plants

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Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

• hydrogen
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon dioxide

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Which of the following are a sink of carbon?

• Ocean

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Plant Respiration

• Animal Respiration

Multiple Choice

What are the products of photosynthesis?

• water and carbon dioxide

• oxygen and glucose

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

• oxygen and water

Multiple Choice

Burning fossil fuels is called

• combustion

• respiration

• circulation

• Decomposition

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Which of the following are examples of carbon in the Lithosphere

• Fossil

• Coal

• Living Things

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Which of these historical events led to a major imbalance in the carbon cycle?

• The American Civil War

• The American Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The French Revolution

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When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air