Environmental A Quizzizz due April 6th

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud in an area are known as its

• Climate
• Weather
• global warming
• seasons

Global warming is caused by

• greenhouse gasses absorbing heat energy from the Earth and warming the atmosphere

• greenhouse gasses preventing heat from the sun from entering Earth's amosphere

• greenhouse gasses recycling heat back into the oceans

• changes in Earth's position around the sun

Which of these could increase average global temperatures?

• A. increased use of fossil fuels

• A. increased ocean plants

• A. decreased carbon dioxide emissions

• A. increased numbers of animal species

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

• A. ozone gases

• A. solar gases

• A. greenhouse gases

• A. stomach gases

Which of the following is the most prominent greenhouse gas?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Methane

Too many greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere may block heat from escaping into space and trap too much heat next to the Earth’s surface causing: ____________.

• A. another ice age

• A. global warming

• A. earthquakes

• A. volcanic eruptions

Something that might happen because of global warming is: __________. 

• A.  melting polar ice caps 
• A.  more reflected sunlight off the ice pack 
• A.  lower sea levels 
• A.  a sale on bathing suits

Which of the following are caused by global warming?

• Droughts

• Polar Ice Sheet melting

• Extreme strorms

• All of the above

The main storehouse of Carbon Dioxide on the Earth is —

• the oceans

• algae

• coniferous plants

• deciduous plants

What causes coral bleaching?

• slight changes in water temperature

• an increase in carbon dioxide in the water

• strong winds that blow for long periods of time