Greenhouse

Are greenhouse gases natural?

• Yes

• No

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.

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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

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These are all important greenhouse gases.

• Oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide, helium and clouds

• Carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane

• Methane, ethane and hydrogen

Which wavelength of energy is trying to escape the greenhouse?

• long waves

• short waves

• no waves

what form of energy is trying to escape the atmosphere?

• gamma rays

• infrared

• x rays

• microwaves

What wavelength enters the atmosphere?

• short wave

• long wave

• no wave

The glass of the greenhouse acts as

• greenhouse gases in our atmosphere

• the Sun's energy

• infrared energy

What kind of energy is infrared?

• heat energy

• electrical energy

• nuclear energy

• sound energy

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What is the natural greenhouse effect?

• Solar radiation being reflected back in to the earths atmosphere keeping global temperatures balanced

• An increase in the solar radiation being reflected back in to the earths atmosphere due to an increase of GHG, increasing global temperatures