Carbon Cycle and 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.

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth?

• Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space

• Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side

• Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water

• Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere

The majority of Earth's energy comes from...

• the Earth's core

• the Sun

• hydroelectric power

• burning fossil fuels

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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.

The Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse that traps heat from the sun.

• true

• false

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm 
• cold
• dead

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Which of the following natural events is NOT a source of carbon dioxide?

• Wildfire

• Decomposing plants and animals

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

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At what point in human history did global carbon dioxide levels start to rise?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Industrial Revolution

• The invention of the car

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The diagram represents solar energy that is absorbed by Earth's land and water surfaces and is changed into heat that radiates back into the atmosphere.What is this process called?

• ozone
• radiation
• greenhouse effect
• evaporation