Atmosphere/Climate Change Review

Which of the following sets of evidence supports global warming?

• CO2 levels rising

• Sea Levels rising

• Glacier mass decreasing

• All of the Above

Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Methane
• Chlorofluorocarbon
• Nitrogen

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

• ozone gases

• solar gases

• greenhouse gases

• stomach gases

Global Warming is caused by?

• allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.

• reflecting more sunlight from clouds.

• reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.

• trapping more heat in the atmosphere.

The greenhouse effect is

• the absorption of energy by clouds.   
• a gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere.
• the reflection of solar energy into the atmosphere.
• the process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere.

What is thought to be the biggest contributor to the 'holes' in the ozone layer?

• smog
• CFC's
• CO₂
• O₂

Treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out substances containing CFCs

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Madrid Protocol

• Yucca Protocol

What was the Kyoto Protocol?

• Developed countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Keep Global tempures below 2C

• Commit state Parties to stop water pollution

• Commit state parties to go to reduce space pollution

What country did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

• France

• USA

• Russia

• S. Korea

A gas that is emitted from burning fossil fuels and from clearing large forests. Plants use this gas. One of the worst gases.

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Fossil fuels

• Greenhouse effect