Climate Change

What is weather over a long period of time?

• A tropical vacation
• Weather
• Climate
• Science

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

 What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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

• Having too many farm animals
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Planting new trees

What do humans do that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?

• Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal)
• Build cement buildings
• Ride bikes and use solar energy
• Compete in the Olympics

Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?

• the hole in the ozone
• the greenhouse effect
• atmospheric pressure
• the inversion layer

Which of the following have been linked to climate change?  

• droughts
• flooding
• melting of polar ice caps
• all of the above

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• 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

What is climate?

• A long period of time. 
• Atmospheric conditions of a place at a particular point in time. 
• Average atmospheric conditions of a place over a long period of time, usually 30 years. 
• Current weather outlook of a place.