Greenhouse Effect

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 of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?

• Deforestation
• Agriculture
• Burning fossil fuels
• Respiration

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

What is a problem that the Industrial Revolution had caused?

• Decrease in money
• Decrease in factories
• Increase in carbon dioxide
• Black fog everywhere

What is something that you can do to decrease the carbon dioxide in the environment?

• Tear down trees
• Recycle
• Carpool 
• Start forest fires

Why is the increase of Greenhouse gases 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 United Nations trying to control?

• Population rise
• Climate change
• Temperature rise 
• All of the above

Which    process accurately describes the formation of the greenhouse effect?

• The Sun's rays are reflected from the land back into the atmosphere.
• Increased solar energy is entering through the hole in the ozone layer.
• Aerosol gases become trapped and build up in the atmosphere.
• Heat radiating from the land and oceans is trapped in the troposphere.

Solar energy is best absorbed by what material?

• dirt
• sand
• snow
• water