Climate Change

Which of the following IS a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO2

• Carbon C

• Nitric oxide NO3

• Oxygen O2

Which of the following IS a greenhouse gas?

• Ozone O3

• Carbon C

• Carbonate CO3

• Oxygen O2

Is this weather or climate:

It is supposed to rain tomorrow

• climate

• weather

Is this weather or climate:

It is supposed to rain during the spring

• climate

• weather

Greenhouse gases are different from regular gases in the atmosphere because they have the ability to

• Absorb the sun’s light, keeping the Earth bright

• Reflect the sun’s light, keeping the Earth dark

• Absorb the sun’s heat, keeping the Earth warm

Fossil fuels are - pick 2

• Energy sources (like oil, coal, natural gas) formed in the past from the remains of living organisms.

• A bunch of dead organisms we use today

• Energy sources that when burned, are released into the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases and make the Earth WARMER

• man- made resources that we use for energy

Which of the following ways is NOT how greenhouse gasses get into the atmosphere?

• Volcanoes

• Natural disasters like Tornadoes/hurricanes

• Pressurized spray bottles

• Burning Fossil Fuels

greenhouse effect is

• trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere

• trapping of the sun's light in a planet's lower atmosphere

• trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere making it colder

• trapping of the sun's light in a planet's lower atmosphere to make it brighter

Climate Change causes

• the normal weather patterns to change

• the planet just to get warmer

• the planet to cool down

• nothing to change

The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?

• lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere
• lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
• higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere