Climate Change

1.Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True

• False

2.Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

• CO2

• CH4

• Water vapor

• All of the above

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3.What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• The name of climate change legislation that passed by congress

• When you paint your house green to become an environmentalist

• When the gasses in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet

• When you build a greenhouse

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4.Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?

• The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever

• Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year

• More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes

• Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate — 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in the last century alone and going higher.

• All of Above

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9.Which of the following have been linked to climate change?

• droughts

• melting of polar ice caps

• flooding

• all of the above

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10.Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are...

• being more energy-efficient

• using renewable sources of energy

• removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions

• all of the above

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11.Compared to other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide is very effective in trapping heat near the surface of the Earth.

• True

• False

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The two main factors that determine the climate of a region are _____________ and ______________.

• altitude and pressure
• pressure and temperature
• temperature and precipitation
• altitude and pressure

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Because Earth's axis is _________________, the hemispheres receive different amounts of solar energy at different times.

• straight
• titled
• bent
• not there

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

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